For DHH context, I’ll link this open letter

An open letter to the Rails Core team and Ruby community

David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) has publicly published writings that make clear he holds racist and transphobic views, as well as a number of other traits undesirable in any figurehead and community leader.

We, the undersigned, call upon the Rails Core team and the wider Ruby community, to:

• cut ties with DHH and his work from this point forward
• hard fork Rails and associated projects to a new name and development free from his influence
• adopt a modern Code of Conduct with suitable community governance

It has three source links on ‘racist’, ‘transphobic’, and ‘undesirable’ if you want to form your own opinion.

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Related to DHH, there’s also been controversies on Omarchy/Hyprland recently (post from 8 days ago). That source has a lot more information and historical/personal experience on DHH.

You might’ve noticed Framework, the laptop manufacturer, embroiled in a controversy as of now. The Discord server is on lockdown because the volunteer moderation team has gone on hiatus, and the Framework forum post about the controversy has been gaining unsightly amounts of steam from people disappointed at actions taken by Framework.