A 15-year retrospective on contributing to the Bundler Ruby project
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Summary
The author reflects on 15 years of contributing to Bundler, the Ruby dependency manager. They acknowledge that while they didn't originate the idea (Yehuda Katz did) or build the early prototypes (Carl and Yehuda did), they joined the team in February 2010 during a critical rewrite phase. The article appears to be a personal retrospective on the author's journey with the open-source Ruby project.
Key quotes
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When I introduce myself, people say 'oh, the Bundler guy?', and I am forced to agree.
I didn't come up with the original idea for Bundler (that was Yehuda).
I joined the team at a pivotal moment, in February 2010, as the 0.9 prototype was starting to be re-written yet another time into the shape that would
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