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>>bradge+(OP)
This is a great account of "what."

I'm still struggling to understand the "why."

(That's not an implicit criticism of the article, which is extremely appreciated because it's neutral and factual)

I've been away from Ruby for a few years but Shopify always seemed like a huge net positive, sponsoring lots of valuable work on both Ruby and Rails. I never followed Ruby community happenings very closely but I'm not aware of negative feelings towards their community role in the past.

>>JohnBo+PG
The "what" seems to be purely a reaction to this article DHH posted: https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64

Apparently, the reason is having an incorrect opinion.

>>X0nic+oR
This article is just so politically charged and opinionated that it is hard to believe that it is coming on a "tech blog". Not to mention, a while back the very same company wanted its employees to have no political discussions at workplace in a widely published article.

>>rockyj+x11
It's not a tech blog, it's his personal blog, and it's quite in line with that company post previously; advocate for whatever policies you want on your own time and platform but not on the company's, and since this is his personal blog, he is doing exactly that.

>>petral+fd1
world.hey.com/dhh is not just "a personal blog" as it is simultaneously where he posts everything he wants to publish about his professional work, and sometimes it's literally the official updates on the software he maintains such as Turbo.

>>jaredc+kC1
If you're an employee at some company you can post about your own work too on your own blog. The fact that he maintains the hosting platform as well doesn't mean much, 37Signals employees can post on Medium or some other blog host too.

>>petral+5N1
If I post something on my personal blog, and it's against the company's Code of Conduct, then I'm in trouble with HR. If I'm the company's CEO, then I'm in trouble with the board. You're not an island.

>>a_bono+vh2
Then you'll just have to be a CEO with a platform. And if it's on your personal blog, I don't see why you'd be in trouble with HR at any good company, unless they're monitoring your communications.