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CEO/Engineer, creator of Sidekiq https://mikeperham.com https://contribsys.com https://sidekiq.org Portland, OR

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · Jan 24

I've decided to focus my Ruby social media on Mastodon and ruby.social so this account will be pretty quiet.

@getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy should continue to work if you want to see my Mastodon posts here.

Ruby.social

If you are interested in the Ruby programming language, come join us! Tell us about yourself when signing up. If you just want to join Mastodon, another server will be a better place for you.

ruby.social

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 11h

you won’t be able to read anything below 50pt font in 2-5 years

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Sidekiq 8.0.8 has been released, you can now configure a maximum runtime for iterable jobs to avoid long-running jobs from hogging all threads. 🎹🎶

https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/blob/main/Changes.md#808

https://youtu.be/tLxDRePUwEY?si=EcNvKvEV9VE8KfEn&t=38

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 1d

Sidekiq is the headline sponsor for XORuby Portland. This Saturday, see you there?

Flagrant @beflagrant.com · 1d

🔥 XO Ruby is seeking sponsors for our multi-city tour!
Help us bring Ruby developers together across 6 cities. Your support strengthens the Ruby community nationwide.
www.xoruby.com/firestarter/

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 2d

I’ll be speaking, join us and meet the lovely Bay Area Ruby community!

André Arko @indirect.io · 4d

only 7 weeks left until the SF Ruby conference! come for the incredible speakers, stay for the confusing SF weather

plus tickets get more expensive in 3 days, so now is the best time to join us luma.com/sfrubyconf20...

The San Francisco Ruby Conference ♦️ · Luma

Full program is live. Tickets are on sale now. The San Francisco Ruby conference is the place to meet the most ambitious Ruby and Rails founders, leaders, open…

luma.com

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Shane Becker @veganstraightedge.com · 2d

~20 years of Ruby/Rails experience
~5 years of engineering management
~15 years public speaking at confs
…a lifetime as an artist and designer

I'd be great as:
-StaffEng
-Senior EM / Director
-VPE (at small/medium size company)

shanebecker.dev

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 2d

I’ll be speaking, join us and meet the lovely Bay Area Ruby community!

André Arko @indirect.io · 4d

The San Francisco Ruby Conference ♦️ · Luma

Full program is live. Tickets are on sale now. The San Francisco Ruby conference is the place to meet the most ambitious Ruby and Rails founders, leaders, open…

luma.com

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 2d

Good morning! Have you switched to the new community gem server yet? It's as easy as this:

github.com/sidekiq/side...

Use community gem server · sidekiq/sidekiq@96f867c

github.com

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 2d

a Gem Cooperative emerges, from @socket.dev socket.dev/blog/gem-coo...

Gem Cooperative Emerges as a Community-Run Alternative to Ru...

Former RubyGems maintainers have launched The Gem Cooperative, a new community-run project aimed at rebuilding open governance in the Ruby ecosystem.

socket.dev

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André Arko @indirect.io · 3d

announcing a new community-focused gem server from the team previously behind rubygems: gem.coop. join us and start using it today!

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 5d

I figure Bluesky will end the same way as Twitter. Same founder, same money, same moderation = same outcome. A fig leaf of decentralization won’t matter.

Mastodon looking better all the time.

Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 5d

I’d worry about using a free thing that is VC funded. It’s a guaranteed rug pull at some point in the future.

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Hanami @hanamirb.org · 6d

Hanami 2.3 beta1 is out!

This release introduces Rack 3 support, plus a wide range of improvements and fixes.

We’d love your help with testing. Please give it a go!

hanamirb.org/blog/2025/10...

Announcing Hanami 2.3 beta1

Rack 3 support and so much more. Help us with your testing!

hanamirb.org

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Joel Drapper 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @joel.drapper.me · 6d

Ruby Central took what wasn’t theirs to take, and they must immediately hadn’t it back.

We can talk later about the lying and gaslighting that followed. But what they must do right now is hand back the GitHub organisation and open source packages to the maintainers.

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Jake Lazaroff @jakelazaroff.com · 6d

show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunatic

DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought | jakelazaroff.com

DHH's politics are not normal. Maybe they used to be, I don't know, but as of right now the dude is_way outside of what most people would consider moral or acceptable.

jakelazaroff.com

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 8d

Gonna check under my bed for Andre before bedtime from now on. Can’t be too safe, he could be lurking anywhere.

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Joel Drapper 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @joel.drapper.me · 9d

The way that certain people in this community attack André, while turning a blind eye to DHH’s (objectively far worse) behaviour. It’s fucking disgraceful.

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Brandon Weaver @baweaver.bsky.social · 10d

So let me get this straight: we're now at the rumor mongering stage of "it's about ethics in open source!" coming from community leaders who should feel at least some tinge of hypocrisy considering who's ethics they're suspiciously always silent on.

I'm disappointed in you all.

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 12d

No, you’re right, gem generate_index is the thing. That’s what I use too.

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 12d

I’m honestly shocked that just the .gem works. I thought it required some metadata files too. This is what I’ve been serving for a decade but maybe it’s way obsolete.

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 12d

According to Wikipedia, Tobi’s ownership is worth $12B. He’s at least an order of magnitude richer than DHH. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_...

Tobias Lütke - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Lütke

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Veni Kunche @veni.dev · 12d

It's easy to do this when his political opinions don't affect you or your friends. It's hard to just ignore when they do cause an impact.

I'm glad I didn't get into Rails. If I did, I'd be finding a new framework.

Olly Headey @olly.world · 13d

Thought about this latest Ruby drama a lot. I ❤️ Rails and I’m thankful for it, so by association to DHH even if his political blog posts wind me up. Frankly, what he chooses to write is his business and I don’t think it affects Rails. Don’t read it if it gets you worked up. Life’s too short, srsly.

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Brandon Weaver @baweaver.bsky.social · 13d

I continue to fund @hanamirb.org because I believe in @timriley.info as a leader who will create communities that welcome everyone, not just a select few.

He, to me, represents the heart of Ruby and I am proud to support him and Hanami.

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Flagrant @beflagrant.com · 15d

📍 Sidekiq is our Portland sponsor for #XORuby Portland!
October 11| $100 | www.xoruby.com/event/portland/
#Ruby #Sidekiq

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 14d

In happy Ruby news, I am _so_ excited for @xoruby.com in Portland on October 11. Look at that lineup, it's like a Ruby reunion. (But don't be intimated if you're new, we're friendly!)

And there are still tickets available. 👀

www.xoruby.com/event/portla...

Portland

Green. Creative. Weird.

www.xoruby.com

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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com · 14d

Who were the co-chairs, Ufuk?

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