it does seem a little backhanded to have rewritten the app in ruby and then passively alter opinion to use ruby. maybe that's better than aggressively trying to alter opinion?

one of the first django teams i was on after college had a guy who frustratedly rewrote our work in ruby. the rest of us were new to python, django and web apps in general, while he was more experienced, so he kind of missed the whole point about learning, mentoring and team work versus getting frustrated and wasting time.

this was a different situation, and is also just an anecdote. nonetheless, i couldn't help but cringe when i heard he'd rewritten the app in ruby without first consulting the team, even if just to say--look, i'm going to do this in my spare time as a learning experiment. i'll check in before it gets out. i appreciate ya'll's support.