Right, so it's perfectly possible to be both right, and an asshole.
I don't begrudge people being right (although, I also don't happen to think that Mr. Potato there is totally correct). I do however have a problem with people being jerks.
Moreover, being right does not give someone license to be a jerk either.
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As for the substance, yeah I do think there are ways to secure Ruby gems better, and I think that given the way the Ruby community is organized (since it's not a monolith), there are paths forward that can be organized and implemented by smart and interested rubyists, and those paths can and will be adopted by the bulk of developers who aren't as engaged in the Ruby ecosystem.
I don't begrudge people being right (although, I also don't happen to think that Mr. Potato there is totally correct). I do however have a problem with people being jerks.
Moreover, being right does not give someone license to be a jerk either.
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As for the substance, yeah I do think there are ways to secure Ruby gems better, and I think that given the way the Ruby community is organized (since it's not a monolith), there are paths forward that can be organized and implemented by smart and interested rubyists, and those paths can and will be adopted by the bulk of developers who aren't as engaged in the Ruby ecosystem.