# How many people are using Ruby now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 12, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-people-are-using-ruby-now/162640 "2009-03-12T10:31:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b3f665/32.png) [@Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_Klipp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-people-are-using-ruby-now/162640/1 "2009-03-12T10:31:06Z")
I enjoyed the Linux Counter ([http://counter.li.org/](http://counter.li.org/)) in the early days of Linux adoption and so when we had some free time, one of my team tossed together a little app for registering and counting Ruby users and tracking Ruby adoption rates. It’s at [http://www.rubyusers.com](http://www.rubyusers.com) If you think it’s a good idea, please sign up. Or you could just do it for the link back to your homepage, cv or blog. If you think it’s a bad idea, then I’m really sorry to have bothered you. All the best, Paul * * * Paul Klipp, Certified Scrum Practitioner Lunar Logic Polska Agile Ruby Experts [http://www.lunarlogicpolska.com/portfolio](http://www.lunarlogicpolska.com/portfolio) Do you use Ruby? Get counted! [http://www.rubyusers.com/](http://www.rubyusers.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b3f665/32.png) [@Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_Klipp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-people-are-using-ruby-now/162640/2 "2009-03-12T12:22:07Z")
Paul\_Klipp wrote: > I enjoyed the Linux Counter ([http://counter.li.org/](http://counter.li.org/)) in the early days > of Linux adoption and so when we had some free time, one of my team > tossed together a little app for registering and counting Ruby users > and tracking Ruby adoption rates. > > It’s at [http://www.rubyusers.com](http://www.rubyusers.com) sign up is big problem with CAPTCHAs ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b3f665/32.png) [@Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_Klipp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-people-are-using-ruby-now/162640/3 "2009-03-12T12:29:00Z")
2009/3/12 rails and rails only [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > sign up is big problem with CAPTCHAs Yes, it took me three gos to get the text correct. Colin ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b3f665/32.png) [@Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_Klipp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-people-are-using-ruby-now/162640/4 "2009-03-12T12:36:38Z")
What problem did you have? I had no problem at all. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b3f665/32.png) [@Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_Klipp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-people-are-using-ruby-now/162640/5 "2009-03-12T12:52:35Z")
2009/3/12 David Nitzsche-Bell [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > What problem did you have? I had no problem at all. I could not read the words. I tried the audio feed but that did not recognise what I typed either. The last letter is often truncated. (Tried on IE and FF, no difference). Once I realised that there was a button to generate a new code it was ok, I pressed it a couple of times till something I could read appeared. It would be easier if the words were simple words, I have just had another look and one of them is Trubenback, clicked the refresh and one is volen with half a letter on the end that might be a t, or perhaps it is violent with the i mixed up with the v. I am not normally deficient in the pattern recognition department as far as I am aware. Colin ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b3f665/32.png) [@Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_Klipp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-people-are-using-ruby-now/162640/6 "2009-03-12T15:31:49Z")
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:30 AM, Paul\_Klipp [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I enjoyed the Linux Counter ([http://counter.li.org/](http://counter.li.org/)) in the early days > of Linux adoption and so when we had some free time, one of my team > tossed together a little app for registering and counting Ruby users > and tracking Ruby adoption rates. > > Unfortunately, it won’t take a valid email address. Mine is a > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > Need to work on the e-mail regex! There are numerous examples on the web > for > e-mail regexes. Have a look. Oh, and post when it is fixed. Thanks! Cheers– Charles ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b3f665/32.png) [@Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_Klipp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-people-are-using-ruby-now/162640/7 "2009-03-12T13:02:02Z")
I guess I just lucked out. I tried again several times and I see what you mean. In some cases the last letter was indeed truncated. Well, I hope this gets addressed. David ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b3f665/32.png) [@Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_Klipp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-people-are-using-ruby-now/162640/8 "2009-03-12T16:00:35Z")
So it seems we have to do two things ASAP: replace the Google books capcha with a logical capcha (I just like the idea of helping with the Google books project) and relax the email validation. The developer probably did use a standard regex email validation script from the web, but often those are not as friendly as those of us with unusual email addresses would like (mine is @llp.pl, so I get busted from time to time for not having a .com or .org email). I’m sure we’ll get it fixed soon. The developer was not in the office today. Thanks for the community-based testing. 🙂 All the best, Paul ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b3f665/32.png) [@Paul\_Klipp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_Klipp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-many-people-are-using-ruby-now/162640/9 "2009-03-12T16:08:48Z")
I hate capchas, personally. We chose this one because at least it does some good. As you use it, it improves the OCR of a book scanning project. But as it’s really a barrier to access, then I would prefer a logical capcha to prevent bots creating accounts. A logical captcha is something like “The sum of 4 and 8 is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.” They are always easy to read, even for browser readers for the blind. All the best, Paul