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I really disagree with your point on the community valuing monkeypatching so much. Yes, it's a tool. Yes, it has it's place. No, it's not the favorite tool in our belt. And no, it's not something you should use always. At least, IMHO.

Yeah i know a lot of people rant about monkey patching. It's one of those things the community does but doesn't want to promote. Monkey Patching is the recreational drug of the Ruby Community.

Hi,

Your keynote was awesome. i have to talk about Ruby ( language + community ) at a code camp in few days. And i have been inspired by things you said :) thanks for this keynote. waiting for more !

I was there and I can certify that every comment we got from the attendees about the conference, but specially your keynote, was super positive. I think lots of people started caring more about their tool's communities after RubyConf UY 2010.

Ruby Culture Keynote Video - The way community and culture shape technology