The Untold Story of Ruby

Try Traycer, the vibe engineering platform that plans, executes, and verifies large coding tasks with absolute clarity: https://traycer.ai Late nights blur into early mornings as he writes the first interpreter. He does it quietly, without a company, without funding, without expectation. Just a stubborn belief that programming can feel better. By 1993, his new creation starts coming alive on the screen. Now he needs a name. Something warm, vivid, human. He chooses “Ruby.” This is the Story of Ruby Programming Language. 00:00 Prologue 02:05 Ruby Begins 04:23 Sponsor 05:23 Rails Is Born 07:45 Hype & Backlash 09:55 Ruby in 2025