I Am Not a Fan of Ruby

I am not a fan of Ruby. I am mentioning this to dispel any misunderstandings that some devs have about my use of Ruby. I do not have any personal preference for using Ruby. I do not find Ruby's syntax beautiful. I do not think of Ruby code as art or anything like that. I do not like or love Ruby. 

In all circumstances, I only use Ruby as a Software Engineering decision to provide the best solution possible for specific customer functional requirements while weighing Ruby against alternative technology options, such as Java, Python, JavaScript, C++, C, Swift, Lisp, etc... in relation to pros, cons, trade-offs, and non-functional requirements, such as productivity, maintainability, extensibility, and flexibility.

I am a Software Engineer first and a Rubyist as a byproduct of that, always. If a better programming language than Ruby comes along, I would be the first to start using it to solve customer problems more effectively. That said, I will not jump on any newer programming languages just because of peer pressure or hype/buzz when they do not in fact perform better than Ruby in meeting my customer requirements.