# \[ANN\] Ruby on Crack **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 1, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-on-crack/133548 "2008-04-01T16:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![visitor1981](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/74df32/32.png) [@visitor1981](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/visitor1981)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-on-crack/133548/1 "2008-04-01T16:35:30Z")
After several months of keeping it under wraps, I’m happy to officially announce my own web framework to the world. It’s called Ruby on Crack and will be released by RailsConf 2008. The name of the framework was chosen because I wanted to push the idea of a complete break from the existing Ruby frameworks, a clear cut, if you will. You can read more about my announcement here: > **[Announcing Ruby on Crack | Programming Zen](https://programmingzen.com/announcing-ruby-on-crack/)** > > After several months of keeping it under wraps, I’m happy to officially announce my own web framework to the world. It’s called Ruby on Crack and will be released by RailsConf 2008. The name of the framework was chosen because I wanted to push the... ## Cheers, Antonio [http://stacktrace.it](http://stacktrace.it) - Aperiodico di resistenza informatica. [http://antoniocangiano.com](http://antoniocangiano.com) - Zen and the Art of Programming [http://math-blog.com](http://math-blog.com) - Math Blog: Mathematics is wonderful! ---
**Author:** ![visitor1981](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/74df32/32.png) [@visitor1981](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/visitor1981)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-on-crack/133548/2 "2008-04-01T16:54:16Z")
You’re sure you want to keep that name? This will be mixed with the drug of the same name and sentences like: “A programmer using Crack no longer has strong opinions…” (from your site) get extremely ambiguous meanings. it may even be more difficult to sell a project to customers. ---
**Author:** ![visitor1981](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/74df32/32.png) [@visitor1981](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/visitor1981)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-on-crack/133548/3 "2008-04-01T17:02:59Z")
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Thorsten M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). Heh, um, yeah. Calendar much? Jason ---
**Author:** ![visitor1981](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/74df32/32.png) [@visitor1981](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/visitor1981)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-on-crack/133548/4 "2008-04-01T17:07:06Z")
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Antonio C. wrote: > The name of the > framework was chosen because I wanted to push the idea of a complete > break from the existing Ruby frameworks, a clear cut, if you will. Just gimme a dime bag… please… Ill do anything… – ---
**Author:** ![visitor1981](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/74df32/32.png) [@visitor1981](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/visitor1981)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-on-crack/133548/5 "2008-04-01T18:15:53Z")
Antonio C. wrote: > [Announcing Ruby on Crack | Programming Zen](http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/04/01/announcing-ruby-on-crack/) Will you use the new Ruby1.9 extensions, based on research by Dr Cockburn, the Crystal Meth-ods? – Phlip ---
**Author:** ![visitor1981](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/74df32/32.png) [@visitor1981](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/visitor1981)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-on-crack/133548/6 "2008-04-01T21:28:46Z")
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Thorsten M. wrote: > it may even be more difficult to sell > a project to customers. Yeah, that name would really sell it to “enterprises” 🙂 –