André is a long-term maintainer for RubyGems and Bundler - fundamental tools of the Ruby community that we usually take for granted. 🎙️ He joins us to tell the exciting history of how RubyGems and Bundler were created and matured over the years, the challenges of working  how the longevity of these tool 💰💰💰 Maintaining a LARGE open source project can become very expensive ($500,000/month) and about where this money comes from. André also talks about RubyCentral (organization that organizes RubyConf, oversees RubyGems and Bundler) and RubyTogether (the financing arm of RubyCentral) We also get to hear about future development plans for RubyGems 🚀🙏 Finally, we talk about RubyConf 2023 and what to expect from the grand event 🏆 ✈️ Visit RubyConf on 13-15 November in San Diego, USA 🇺🇸💸 Sponsor RubyGems & Bundler💸 Sponsor André