[LRUG] DHH, Rails, and London

[James Smith]

Hi folks,

I recently read DHH’s take on London, how it’s “no longer British” and his support for Tommy Robinson and the far right, and quite frankly it made me sick, having been a Rails dev since 1.2, and a Brit since 1976.

If it did the same for you, you might want to co-sign this open letter I’ve started calling for the Rails Core team to cut ties with him and remove his influence: https://github.com/Plan-Vert/open-letter.

If this doesn't bother you, or you just don’t want to mix politics and code, then fine, please just delete this email and move on. Rest assured I’ve had all the standard abuse already, there’s no need to repeat it.

Yes, forking Rails it would be almost impossible. Yes, the attempt will probably fail, I knew that on day one. But I had to try something, I love this language, framework and place too much to let them be tarnished like this.

cheers,
James Smith

PS I did check with the organisers before posting “political” content to the list.
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