Most of us rubyists aren't actually "hipster broprogrammers", but hard-working devs who like to get things done -- just like everyone else. It's unfortunate that the Ruby world is being painted with that kind of brush, when it's really down to just a few bad apples.

It's not the bad apples, it's the impression others get due to relativity.

To some guy slamming out Java in a bank where you have to wear a suit and tie or PHP in some chop shop where version control is on the distant TO-DO list, Ruby programmers do look like brogrammers with their fancy tools and fancy computers.

You're probably not serious, but for the OP this was the reason to start Rubunius X, as you can see here: http://rubini.us/2013/10/15/introducing-rubinius-x/

discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6553767

Personally I believe in "the best tool for the job".