WzDD's Poignant Guide to Ruby Bloggers

[wzdd]

(Disclaimer: yet another programming ramble. I'm sorry.)

Okay, there is definitely something cultural, if that is the word I'm after, about the Ruby world's delight in giving things poetic, yet essentially meaningless and distracting, names. I think this enforced cuteness is basically because everyone is trying to copy Why's (Poignant) Guide to

Comments

[anonymous]

I didn't get too far with _why's Poignant Guide (I've heard it's good - I just don't have the patience to read things when all I want is a language reference) and don't encounter any rambly crap in the 40-odd Ruby blogs I subscribe to. I suspect there are rambly jerks for every language.. it does seem like Ruby people blog about it more than others, though. If all the Java people blogged, then maybe we'd be more annoyed by them too? Maybe blogging about programming problems is a Ruby + Web 2.0 culture rather than jerk culture?

[joelby]

I agree totally with that anonymous guy's remarks!

[wzdd]

Mr. Narcissistic Coding Differences isn't a jerk either. He's just a very florid writer who took a whole blog entry failing to illustrate his point, and had to clarify himself in a follow-up later.

Rather like this post, it seems. :)

[joelby]

well, y'know.. some people like to curl up with something long and turgid in bed at night.

[wzdd]

Here, have an onion.