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Ruby Newbie is joining the Ruby Users forum

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https://www.rubyforum.org/tag/getting-started

We’re sunsetting Ruby Newbie and merging its content into the Ruby Users Forum.

Ruby Newbie was a site dedicated to helping beginners get started with Ruby through guides, tutorials, and posts aimed at making the first steps in Ruby easier and more approachable.

Here’s what this means:

* All Ruby Newbie posts are now available under the Getting Started tag in the Ruby Users Forum. Link: https://www.rubyforum.org/tag/getting-started * The Getting Started with Ruby Guide is available to download in the Learning Resourses Category. Link: https://www.rubyforum.org/t/getting-started-with-ruby/24

By integrating everything into the Ruby Users Forum, we can build a stronger, up-to-date knowledge base and make it easier for new members to learn and connect with others.

We’re excited for this next chapter and can’t wait to collaborate with you all!

Make sure you signup to the Ruby Users Forum if you haven't already.

sounds like a very positive move! good luck with the new merged community

Thanks!

> Ruby Newbie was a site dedicated to helping beginners get started...

Thanks for the context. I was wondering why one specific new user trying to join a community was such a noteworthy thing.

External source with some additional information: https://www.rubynewbie.org/ruby-newbie-is-joining-the-ruby-u...

Ine english is many, many forums In native other language (for example Polish or french) is problem

@dang I think the link should go directly to this topic: https://www.rubyforum.org/t/ruby-newbie-is-joining-the-ruby-...

I've changed it now and put the submitted URL in the top text.

(Btw, @dang is unreliable - for reliable message delivery you (or someone) needs to email hn@ycombinator.com)

In my option traditional forums, especially for beginners, doesn't make sense anymore in the age of LLMs.

Forum as a task oriented knowledge sharing site? Sure, but even stack overflow had obsoleted that. But that’s only one type of traditional forum, and I’d say a minority one at that. The main purpose was communities and the threats there are the same as they always were - social media, and chat apps. I’d say discord is the biggest impact there

Aren‘t the LLMs going to starve if there is no more organic data to feed off?

Exactly. People forget that all the output of these LLMs is only as good as the input data. The moment they stop getting fed the latest data, they get stale. If there's no data to scrape about [LANGUAGE] - then the LLM can't help with it. (Or even if that data is out of date enough)

IE: The death of SO, while deserved, will end up hurting LLMs in the long run.

What a weird idea. I've found the Typst forum very helpful a number of times. I've never yet engaged willingly with an LLM, and do not intend to.

You keep your LLMs I’ll keep my forums.

I take it you've never been on a phone call, waiting until you get the chance to talk to a real human?

My sample might be biased (it comes from places like the Python Discord) but from what I've seen of how people completely new to programming typically use LLMs, this is decidedly not the case. It could work if people had an instinct to turn the LLM into a tutor and attempt to verify everything manually. But in practice, people ask the LLM to do things for them, and turn to humans when the LLM gets stuck.

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