What I wish a Ruby programmer had told me one year ago..

&#62; After a few days playing around with Python, I felt okay with it. I didn’t love Python,<p>Probably should try longer than a few days, but this is the best/only metric for personal programming language (business/group programming may impose other metrics).<p>If you don't love the language you're programming with, you should find another.

It's kind of disappointing to see the hate some HN readers express toward non mainstream Linux distros like Arch. As some readers have pointed out this sort of Linux distros are not for everyone. We can use whatever OS we like for whatever reasons we choose and there is no reason to get angry or offensive about it.<p>P.S. I use OpenBSD.

"Error establishing a database connection"? That's deep wisdom indeed...

<a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://blog.sirupsen.dk/me/what-i-wish-a-ruby-programmer-had-told-me-one-year-ago/&#38;hl=en&#38;strip=1" rel="nofollow">http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...</a><p>The post in Google's cache, while the site is down.

Breaking out of a programming paradigm is difficult, but one of the most liberating things that you can do. Now when you go back to working on PHP projects you can approach it with different methods. The roughest time I had breaking my paradigm was when I learned a little Lisp...

&#62; And then I recommend something like Arch Linux whenever you feel like you are ready for something more advanced!<p>What's so great about Arch? Why should I waste my time getting the basic functionality working, like X or audio?

tl;dr: PHP noob discovers Ruby and OOP. Thinks he's now so awesome that people care about his opinion about unrelated topics like Linux distros.

I bet if this post was about python and not ruby (and maybe leave the Arch Linux part, as people didn't seem to like that), there wouldn't be anyone calling him a fanboi.

i think that's a new record. flame war from the first post.

Very sorry about the downtime, wasn't expecting such a rape.

Grammer cop says no.<p>Honestly, your choice of words is distracting. Your server got "raped"? PHP is "evil?"<p>What, no Nazis?<p>I'm not sure why this post is getting votes...

This is what I've come to expect from articles about Ruby:<p><pre><code> And of course point them towards Linux: “Windows is not the best development platform in the world for Ruby. I recommend you to try out Linux. Start with a simple distribution, like Ubuntu. And then I recommend something like Arch Linux whenever you feel like you are ready for something more advanced!” </code></pre> Really? In an article about Ruby you feel the need to point people at your personal pet OS? Pointless.