Ruby Lore
A friendly history of Ruby, chunky bacon and all.
A collection of the people, stories, talks, and words that make up Ruby's history — the kind of thing a longtime Rubyist would tell you over coffee. New here? Start here for a guided walk through it all.
The short version, in time
A few places to start
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_why the lucky stiff
The artist who made Ruby feel like play, then vanished.
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Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
The creator who decided a programming language should make you happy.
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David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH)
Created Rails, which is how most people meet Ruby, and a lightning rod for strong opinions.
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Aaron Patterson ("tenderlove")
On both the Ruby and Rails core teams, and the community's favorite comedian.
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MINASWAN
"Matz is nice and so we are nice." The community's core social rule.
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Chunky bacon
A nonsense catchphrase from _why's Poignant Guide, and a pure inside joke.