I’ve only just heard of this silly mess that occurred at the Golden Gate Ruby Conf and many people have already posted on this so I won’t bother wading in. But I thought I’d quickly say: Not impressed with Matt DHH or anyone else who considers it okay to display slides like that in a public presentation.

I wonder how all those defending the action would feel if the images were of naked males?

For those who haven’t seen it – here it is: http://www.slideshare.net/mattetti/couchdb-perform-like-a-pr0n-star

Its not the use of the slides though that’s ultimately an issue.Its the steadfast determination of those defending it that’s not good. The fact is it caused offense and was out of order and yet those at the top continue to defend it. This is nothing more than a grand display of adolescent arrogance and damages the credibility of the Rails community.

One of the reasons I left Rails for Django some time ago.

Reference:
Dyepot
Ruby Railways
Sarah Mei
Ultrasaurus
Zed Shaw