Rubyists I’m thankful for this year

Published: November 25th, 2009

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I also like what’s become a blogging trend of stopping and giving thanks for a few things. This year, I focus on some Rubyists that I feel don’t get enough praise for the great work they do.

John Nunemaker. I’ve learned a ton just by looking through John’s code. He not only churns out great projects, he’s active in the discussion groups to answer questions and fix issues. I can’t wait to see some cool things from John in 2010.

Eric Davis. Let’s face it, issue management isn’t sexy, but Eric has done a fantastic job on the Redmine team to keep improving the open source issue tracker. He’s contributed a number of plugins and is always around in the forums to listen and help the n00bs. Need help deploying or maintaining Redmine in your shop? Hire Eric.

Mike Gunderloy. I can’t start my day without a double shot of Ruby links. Mike is also a community leader, working to grow the Rails tent and bring folks in.

Who are you thankful for?

Who in the Ruby community are you thankful for this year? Why not drop a comment here or send a tweet to let them know?

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  • _why, wherever he is. Dude contributed mightily to the community, and though I still have a hard time understanding why _why up and vanished the way he did, I and I believe the community as a whole owe him a debt of gratitude.
  • True. It's kind of sad to think about all the new folks that are coming to Ruby that really don't know who he is, but he'll always cast a long shadow.
  • Thanks for the mention Wynn but it's the Redmine community that's doing the most of the work. I'm just trying to make it easier for them to do good work.
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