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@ageha@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu @idiot@shitposter.world @sun@shitposter.world people like him who developed systems and frameworks in the 00s era look like idiots because the 90s disconnect between academia and people-who-just-wanted-to-get-things-done was still very hard
this also applies to ruby itself, nowadays it's trivial to be aware of cutting-edge runtime and compiler methods with a bit of work even if you choose not to use them, back then everything was black magic outside academia