# DHH Says...F You **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 14, 2006, 7:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dhh-says-f-you/57797 "2006-04-14T07:45:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 7:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dhh-says-f-you/57797/1 "2006-04-14T07:45:19Z")
WTF was this about? ![](https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/47/127984254_ddd4363d6a_z.jpg?zz=1 "DHH says....") Joe ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dhh-says-f-you/57797/2 "2006-04-14T11:14:34Z")
On 4/14/06, Joe [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > WTF was this about? > > [DHH says.... | Planet Argon | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetargon/127984254/) That’s what gets said to detractors that don’t know what they’re talking about. Also, best slide ever. ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 11:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dhh-says-f-you/57797/3 "2006-04-14T11:32:08Z")
Wilson B. wrote: > Also, best slide ever. Meh. Joe ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dhh-says-f-you/57797/4 "2006-04-14T17:30:05Z")
On 4/14/06, Joe [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Wilson B. wrote: > > > Also, best slide ever. > > Meh. > > Joe You had to be there. ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dhh-says-f-you/57797/5 "2006-04-15T18:05:47Z")
On 4/15/06, Dave S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On Friday 14 Apr 2006 16:27, Wilson B. wrote: > > > You had to be there. > > And there was me thinking it was just Photoshopped! Hopefully David will forgive me for speaking for him, but I think he was trying to get across two points with that slide: 1. If a ‘Fuck You’ slide offends you, perhaps you’re at the wrong conference. 2. Rails isn’t PHP 7 or J2EE 6.0. It’s not the next new thing, but rather a disruptive shift in how application development works. ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dhh-says-f-you/57797/6 "2006-04-15T15:32:12Z")
On Friday 14 Apr 2006 16:27, Wilson B. wrote: > You had to be there. And there was me thinking it was just Photoshopped! ~Dave – Dave S. Rent-A-Monkey Website Development > **[Tree Removal Service For Home & Businesses in Salt Lake City, UT](https://www.rentamonkey.com/)** > > Rent A Monkey Tree Service provides the safest, highest-quality tree removal for Salt Lake City, UT homes and businesses. Request a service today! PGP Key: [http://www.rentamonkey.com/pgpkey.asc](http://www.rentamonkey.com/pgpkey.asc) ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dhh-says-f-you/57797/7 "2006-04-16T03:30:40Z")
brez! !! wrote: > > 1. If a ‘Fuck You’ slide offends you, perhaps you’re at the wrong > > conference. > > It’s bold - I like it… I got little patience for mindless robots that > criticize something theyre too lazy to investigate. LOL, that wasn’t what it was about. Joe ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dhh-says-f-you/57797/8 "2006-04-16T05:15:11Z")
> 1. Rails isn’t PHP 7 or J2EE 6.0. It’s not the next new thing, but > rather a disruptive shift in how application development works. nonsense. TCL/Tk, QT, Delphi, and even Cocoa developers have long enjoyed developing an entire GUI app from a single cohesive language and API. something like this for the web was long overdue. i call them the gluemasters (but not ordinary elmer’s rubber cement, more like some imported italian glue from organic wagyu cow hooves… ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dhh-says-f-you/57797/9 "2006-04-15T21:55:52Z")
> 1. If a ‘Fuck You’ slide offends you, perhaps you’re at the wrong > conference. It’s bold - I like it… I got little patience for mindless robots that criticize something theyre too lazy to investigate. ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dhh-says-f-you/57797/10 "2006-04-16T05:59:55Z")
On 4/15/06, cdr [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > 1. Rails isn’t PHP 7 or J2EE 6.0. It’s not the next new thing, but > > rather a disruptive shift in how application development works. > > nonsense. TCL/Tk, QT, Delphi, and even Cocoa developers have long > enjoyed developing an entire GUI app from a single cohesive language and > API. something like this for the web was long overdue. i call them the > gluemasters (but not ordinary elmer’s rubber cement, more like some > imported italian glue from organic wagyu cow hooves… Doesn’t saying that a tool like that for the web was long overdue mean that you agree with me? Heh. –Wilson. ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dhh-says-f-you/57797/11 "2006-04-16T08:09:45Z")
Joe wrote: > > It’s bold - I like it… I got little patience for mindless robots that > > criticize something theyre too lazy to investigate. > > LOL, that wasn’t what it was about. > > Joe That’s what it should be abt…