[LRUG] DHH, Rails, and London

[Paul Battley]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2025, at 10:22, Greg Molnar via Chat wrote:
> Just to give a counterpoint, I don't really care about others' political view. I go to conferences and share the love of Ruby and Rails with folks of various ethnicity, religion, gender, politics, etc and we have a great time and great conversations together.

It might be nice to imagine that programming is some kind of exercise of pure thought, but it doesn't stand up to contact with reality. Software is made by people, with people, for people, and even if you can put aside the moral arguments, it's hard to do that effectively when you think less of the people you're making it with and for.

Just in practical terms, would you be more or less likely to report a bug or submit a pull request if you knew that it would be reviewed by someone who considers you part of a "demographic nightmare" or a reasonable target of threats of violence? Could I in good conscience choose Rails for a new project, knowing that it would force some of my colleagues into engagement with such antipathy?

Paul.
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