20 Ruby Developers to Follow Online

Ruby, an influential programming language created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto in 1995, gained significant traction with the introduction of Ruby on Rails by David Heinemeier Hanssen a decade later. The language has since developed a vast global community of "Rubyists" who utilize it for diverse applications, from NASA simulations to web applications like Basecamp. Prominent figures in the Ruby community include Sarah Allen, who founded Bridge Foundry and co-founded RailsBridge to promote coding among underrepresented groups, and Avdi Grimm, a renowned Ruby consultant and trainer. Other notable contributors include Aman Gupta, a Ruby core committer; Terence Lee, a key figure at Heroku; Linda Liukas, who advocates for early coding education; and Akira Matsuda, a leading Ruby community organizer in Japan. The community also highlights influential developers like Desi McAdam, Sarah Mei, Sandi Metz, and others whose work in Ruby has been pivotal in evolving the language and its applications.