an advice.

write a “how to do good ruby coding” of something like that

@Gubatron: there’s already a framework for Python called Django that generated a buzz a little while back.

I spent a year basically killing my career as well trying to get a Rails app running because our investor thought it was so hot. Holy shit…a complete disaster. If anyone has _real_ successes…then chime in. I want to hear “Dude, I made $5M on my Rails webapp…we produced code 10x faster than everyone else and made a mint”

Instead I hear the general “Hey I can do Hello World in ten lines of code”. the problem is simple:
1) No compiler - this means that you get to remember everything in your head…change this, break that….lots of fun when you have customers down
2) Crap threading - this has all the problems that a web app without threading brings
3) Crap performance - not only is Ruby slow…but you have to improve performance with caching….for God’s sake wtf wants to cache dynamic content..why can’t stuff just work.
4) Nightmare to manage - This is the worst….its like working on live electricity all the time…its terrifying to deploy new code because how much testing can a startup really do.

My only complaint about Rails is that the rails wiki needs to be monitored better because it’s become (if I dare say) Ghetto.

Those times were wrong. Read the post again, and tell me if all this anger comes because he thinks he’s no good at anything, a loser etc (low self esteem), or because he’s arrogant and narcicistic (too high self esteem).

This whole self-esteem movement the last 30 years, where we teach kids how special they are (even when they are clearly just average), and that they have to go out and demand their place in the world was bound to create problems like this.
Far too many of them.
That’s why the rest of the world is reviling against anglo-saxon cultures, we’ve created a generation that is just too damned selffish, demanding and think the world owes them.
It’s time to switch the emphasis to results, and self-control. Doesn’t look like Zed posseses either.

He is pretty solid technically (Mongrel certainly is clean code), but one can only hope he finds a position he is happy in, in the kind of company that recognizes the contribution he can make.

No-one really wants to work with an asshole that thinks he is better than you.

Compromise in your working life, and you will find it much easier to start earning serious money and concentrate on things important to you.

Jobs where you are doing what you love, are well compensated and working with a home-run team are rare, and fleeting (key people always leave, eventually).

Way to go big boy;)

with or without the rant, employers like google should be begging zed to come work for them. the fact that they’re not says something about our hr depts.

http://headrush.typepad.com/cr....._pass.html

Still, Zed’s post is filled with such vitriol and is so adolescent, I’m not sure why it’s being given space on TechCrunch (except maybe because it’s a slow tech news week). Constructive criticism about a framework or technology, even if impassioned, can be useful and is welcomed. Personal attacks tend to weaken one’s position (even if amusing to some of you). I’m guessing if you were on the receiving end of Zed’s rant you wouldn’t be too happy about it…

Typical finger pointer who blames everyone for his problem, except himself.

I say… umm… well,…

Thank you for Mongrel. Seriously. If we could afford you, sir, we’d send you an application in a heartbeat. Although we’re not doing anything with it that you’d actually find interesting.

Just a quick question: why people compare Rails, Ruby on Rails with JAVA, PHP, etc?

Frameworks are not programming languages (strictly speaking).

I think the real issue is that no one has called Zed on his ability to rent the ring. He mentions struggling with bills, and formal fighting accommodations are not cheap.

For the record, I would severely mess up his fist with my face. The next time we fought, his primary fist would be so sore from my chin, he would need to pummel me with his off hand.

Kidding aside, I am very grateful for his contribution of Mongrel, it makes my deployment life a lot easier.

Thanks Zed.