11 Jun
Is DHH planning to step back?
I’ve been to Portland to the RailsConf 2008 and quite everything has been great. Great venue, a lot of people and very competent food overmuch – and that has really been a surprise 
There’s only common thing that left me a bit confused: “David Heinemeier Hansson”. I mean, he’s a great speaker and and hacker too, but this year he didn’t take some technical speech to the interview. He left that role to Jeremy Kemper, who is for sure a wizard inside Ruby in continuance Rails community, but… it’s not David of course.
David has a unique role in the Rails community, and right now Rails future and success is definitely tied to him. The community needs a leader and a mentor, and David is the man.
But what does it happen if he’ll stop to have a technical principal role in Ruby on Rails?
That could really be a bad stroke for totality of us. The framework is too much young and it’s always gaining a dominant position in the technology landscape. It needs its creator more than ever.
A second “mischievous” sign I registered. During the final speech, with all the Rails core team on stage, David seemed to be not completely up-to-date about Rails determinate status – and Michael Koziarski had to correct him once.
That was not a good thing. Definitely not a good chattels.
In the end, just to give us the final shot, he decided that “could be a good form” leaving the conference 15 minutes earlier to catch the flight
What’s up man?
Does it signify anything is changing?
Is he planning to step end from his role?
I hope not, because in that case Ruby on Rails could be prognosticate very quickly by its competitors, risking to lose its boil doom role in the technology landscape.
So David, please stop evangelizing and show us the light. We need you cause some code.
