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segiddins @segiddins.me · 16/08/2026

As a millennial, if I ever found a Hebrew school it will be called Know Your Mem

segiddins @segiddins.me · 08/07/2026

@sfgiants.com want to explain how you sell out of the item you advertised for Jewish heritage night before the end of the first inning and the manager can’t be bothered to take down the ad, much less apologize for making me walk all the way across the park for nothing?

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 17/06/2026

Boss makes a dollar I make a dime That’s why I scheme On company time

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 30/04/2026

Love to stand around waiting for 20 minutes for the last bus of the day… that’s canceled with absolutely no notice at the stop or in the app. Thanks @rideact.bsky.social !

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 05/04/2026

@sfgiants.com what’s kosher for Passover at oracle park this weekend?

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 04/04/2026

@rideact.bsky.social what happened to the 3:29PM NL from Lake park & lakeshore to SF? It never showed up and I can’t find any evidence of a canceled run — maps told us to take that bus and it’s hard to now be a half hour late!

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 01/04/2026

@rideact.bsky.social this morning while waiting for the NL to SF at Lakeshore and Lake Park I followed the instructions posted and went to the temp stop at Wesley. Stood for 45 minutes and two NLs failed to stop despite me flagging & calling in. What’s going on?

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 03/03/2026

I try not to dwell on the fact that this is what happened. It’s still sickening to me what Ruby central did, that they have no conscience for the harm they’ve caused. I want to move forward, and ruby centrals view of the world is clearly obdurate and stuck in a miserable past.

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/12/2025

Remember that tomorrow is your last day to apply for the 2026 Gem Fellowship! gem.coop/fellowship We will announce winners in Jan/Feb.

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 27/11/2025

Should turkeys have been ruled kosher?

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_______________________________ @filipamv.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

After the Rubygems drama, I felt frustrated that I can’t escape evil people trying to dominate my life. I found myself mourning the future I thought we would have; but also hopeful that it’s not too late to start choosing kindness. Join me in building a better future: okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...

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In Praise of dhh

A reflection on Ruby's past, present, and future.

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André Arko @indirect.io · 06/10/2025

announcing a new community-focused gem server from the team previously behind rubygems: gem.coop. join us and start using it today!

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 26/09/2025

Matz is sponsored so we are sponsored

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 25/09/2025

The events of the past week have still been really hard for me to process. The only way I can describe it is a nasty breakup of a decade-long relationship. I know people in the community are (rightfully) upset. I just ask that you remember individuals were directly hurt too.

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 19/09/2025

This is, at best, an extreme mischaracterization of what’s happened over the past week. As a member of the rubygems team for over a decade, Ruby Central’s actions happened without discussion with the maintainers team. Afterwords, the entire team spoke out against what had happened.

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 19/09/2025

Today I’ll be mourning what’s happened to projects I have poured a third of my life into.

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 05/09/2025

Today is my last day working full-time on RubyGems. While being able to focus on securing the Ruby packaging ecosystem has been a dream job, the time has come for me to move on from Ruby Central. I’ll still be maintaining RubyGems/Bundler/RubyGems.org, just not as my day job.

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 04/09/2025

If you’re at the conference in Amsterdam and have time to post about the talks but not about the fact the man on stage giving the keynote has been using his platform to promote fascist ideals…. we notice that

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 28/08/2025

If you saw a podcast named “The $x Podcast” where $x=open source project, would you expect the podcast to feature maintainers of $x?

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 24/07/2025

If you missed the RubyConf talk that @qrush.bsky.social and I gave, the recording is now available! 🎙️ The Evolution of Rails within RubyGems.org 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdRR...

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RailsConf 2025 Evolution of Rails within RubyGems.org by Samuel Giddins, Nick Quaranto

YouTube video by Ruby Central

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 04/07/2025

I’d like to announce my triumph of the day: finally got Completionist++ in Balatro!

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 18/06/2025

For a tech conference in the US in 2025, what percentage of speakers from the CfP would you expect to be women? At what point would you be uncomfortable with that number being too low? Is 6/49 CfP speakers being women a red flag to you?

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 10/06/2025

If you say you're looking for feedback, and then ignore anything that didn't come in your one chosen forum... do you want feedback or positive PR? I remember being taught the importance of meeting your customers where they are...

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 04/06/2025

If you have thoughts about Ruby Central inviting a certain person to have a keynoting presence at RailsConf, I beg you to attend this and voice your concerns and make it clear the community has thoughts and feelings on the subject. bsky.app/profile/ruby...

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 02/06/2025

Chag cheesecake day. May you enjoy your dairy without too much of a stomachache.

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 29/05/2025

My views are my own, and clearly not those of my employer but: it sure doesn't feel great to be told to be excited about the latest headliner for our organization's conference. Feels really gross, in fact.

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Orta Therox @orta.io · 22/05/2025

Two important CocoaPods updates: - @segiddins.me has shipped an update to trunk to not allow new pods to run scripts on your computer - I've updated the blog/site with a new header that counts down to the specs repo going read-only Info: blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Sp...

A screenshot of the CocoaPods.org homepage showing the new countdown banner till the read-only

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Charles Oliver Nutter @headius.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

When @segiddins.me needed jruby-openssl features that were missing compared to the CRuby version, he just called into Java's security API from Ruby and added them! That's a true "power of JRuby" story!

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 27/02/2025

A poem Today I witnessed a miracle A short ride from the most evil place on earth Grounds forever stained with blood and tears and horror There still stands a building Yes, there is a cemetery outside Yes, the cemetery has graves Yes, the cemetery carries the whispers of our foreparents

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 13/02/2025

If you’re like me and curious about how adoption of sigstore is going in the #Ruby ecosystem, have I got the site for you! segiddins.github.io/are-we-attes...

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Are we attested yet? 🔏

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Ruby Central @rubycentral.org · 24/01/2025

🚨 Ruby Central is seeking a new Executive Director! In this role, you’ll oversee #RubyConf and #RailsConf, help expand our Open Source Program, and drive community engagement, marketing, and fundraising to ensure the org's long-term growth and sustainability.

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 13/12/2024

The video RubyConf talk I helped deliver is now up! Go have a watch if you're interested in what we've done on RubyGems in the past year. youtu.be/yNylJiBI_H0

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RubyConf 2024 The State of RubyGems with Samuel Giddins, Martin Emde & Marty Haught

YouTube video by Ruby Central

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 11/12/2024

I led our work on this audit, and I'm really happy we did it. 1) We're in a good place 2) We know what to do to take things to the next level Thanks to Alpha-Omega & @trailofbits.bsky.social for making this possible! As always, feel free to reach out to me directly to discuss RubyGems security.

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 08/12/2024

How is one supposed to end their twenties? Not with a bang, but with a _______

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 04/12/2024

Reminder that publishing exploits in open source software without first notifying maintainers is a real @**hole move.

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 29/11/2024

In case you don’t know me well, this is 100% my sense of humor. I am not sorry about it.

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 27/11/2024

I'm amazed how many times this year I've had to go "ugh why does inserting half a billion rows into a sqlite db take so long". And I'm amazed it still takes so long!

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 27/11/2024

What’s the current Best Way to do a blog? I’m not sure I love the Jekyll approach, Wordpress is out, and I refuse to continue writing my monthly updates as gdocs because that is absolutely miserable without internet.

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 25/11/2024

I can’t understate how good it feels to be back up in the mountains

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Ruby Central @rubycentral.org · 21/11/2024

Our security engineer, Samuel Giddins, spoke at SigstoreCon! 🛠️ He shared his process & challenges of building Sigstore Ruby from scratch. (Hint: You probably shouldn't build a Sigstore implementation from scratch! But you should watch to learn WHY...)

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The Challenges of Building a Sigstore Implementation from Scratch - Samuel Giddins, Ruby Central

Sigstore is a set of tools developers, software maintainers, package managers and security experts can benefit from. Bringing together free-to-use open sourc...

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 20/11/2024

Can anyone figure out what’s special about this version of this gem? rubygems.org/gems/configu...

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configure_trusted_publisher | RubyGems.org | your community gem host

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segiddins @segiddins.me · 20/11/2024

aka “why Sam has a job”

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