RailsConf 2023 - Upgrading the Ruby Community by Pat Allan

From MINASWAN to Rails Camps, conference guides to Ruby Together, there’s a long history of the Ruby community being wonderfully welcoming, thoughtful, fun and supportive. Let’s make it even better, and discuss ways to have a persistent, positive impact in the wider tech industry and beyond.

[gradstudio]

I very much enjoyed and appreciated the presentation. I would only disagree on the topic of "being nice". One can be nice and challenge that status quo. One can be nice and speak truth to power. Being nice doesn't have to mean not making people uncomfortable. Personally, I consider "being nice" in the context of this speech as not engaging in personal assaults, as seems to be so much the vogue these days, but focusing on the issue, not the personality. I vote for being nice in a manner that makes a difference and moves the peg forwards. Thanks for a well done and very timely speech!

[eliasgz]

This guy, notably, is an ambassador of the woke agenda trying to evangelize Rubyists, and he has no shame in diminishing the work of those who actually do something for society, posing as a "good guy concerned about humanity's problems".