The number of times Matz is mentioned and depicted on the homepage is offputting. MINASWAN feels too close to WWJD for me. I can't think of another programming language community that does this, and I'm including Wolfram in that assessment.

Feels like base camp website.

Haven’t seen a loading progress spinner on a landing page in a while. The Ruby website now loads almost as slowly as Ruby on Rails boots up.

Awww... I really love it, not that it wasn't good before, but really nice to see refresh.

Well well well. Now can we stop arguing about ruby death? It is even got a site redesign! What a fresh look. Previous design was from 2005?

The visual refresh is great, but the technical implementation is disappointing. Code examples are static text fetched via JavaScript instead of being in the HTML. With JS disabled, you get a frozen "0%" loading screen.

This is ironic because Ruby has always emphasized doing things "the right way" and developer happiness. A language website should be a poster child for progressive enhancement - especially one that champions elegance and proper practices.

Still, huge improvement over the 2005-era design. Just needs optimization work to align the implementation with Ruby's philosophy.

I loved the old website. It was one of the few "good old things" I used to check out when I got nostalgic. What a waste...

Lol, it does not load when JavaScript is disables. I wonder if Ruby still sticks to Free Software principles.

Looks like base camp website.

Bad branding community wise to quote DHH on the frontpage. Will immediately turn away many. He isn’t worth wasting the reputational loss that comes with printing his words.