# Is it just me being cynical

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-just-me-being-cynical/160875>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 20, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-just-me-being-cynical/160875 "2009-02-20T15:13:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![diabolist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@diabolist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/diabolist)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-just-me-being-cynical/160875/1 "2009-02-20T15:13:31Z")

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Or is most of the noise here 10 cent development shops having their code  
written for them by contributors to this list ?

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**Author:** ![diabolist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@diabolist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/diabolist)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-just-me-being-cynical/160875/2 "2009-02-20T16:54:05Z")

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Andrew P. wrote:

> Or is most of the noise here 10 cent development shops having their code  
> written for them by contributors to this list ?

There do seem to be a lot of posts here that could be avoided if folks  
would Read The Fine Manual… but some folks just figure it’s easier to  
ask and expect to be spoon fed, rather than doing their own research.

So we answer what we can, and hope for the best.

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**Author:** ![diabolist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@diabolist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/diabolist)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-just-me-being-cynical/160875/3 "2009-02-20T16:57:40Z")

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Yes. That’s why I love this community. BTW that’s not a Java mailing  
list 😉

Greetings

Ar Chron schrieb:

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**Author:** ![diabolist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@diabolist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/diabolist)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-just-me-being-cynical/160875/4 "2009-02-21T08:10:51Z")

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It’s not just you. I think as long as there’s high demand for  
development,  
there’s always going to be cut-and-paste coding by people who can’t be  
bothered to learn the fundamentals. The degree to which they can or  
can’t  
get away with it is a good indicator of how much development has turned  
into  
a commodity.