Ducky 🦆

The future of Ruby starts here.

printducky is a groundbreaking Ruby gem focused on solving one of the most overlooked problems in software engineering: printing a duck to the console.

Although the project is currently small, its long-term vision is nothing short of revolutionary. We firmly believe that future Ruby documentaries, programming courses, and software engineering textbooks will have no choice but to dedicate entire chapters to the impact of printducky.

Installation

gem install printducky

Usage

require "printducky"

That's it.

A duck will appear.

Roadmap

• [x] Print a duck.
• [ ] Become the most downloaded gem on RubyGems.
• [ ] Replace at least three existing Ruby frameworks.
• [ ] Revolutionize software engineering forever.
• [ ] Be taught in universities.

Contributing

We are currently looking for at least 5 maintainers, dozens of contributors, technical writers, historians, philosophers, and anyone willing to participate in what will undoubtedly become one of the most influential open-source projects ever created.

Experience is optional.

Believing in the duck is mandatory.

Performance

printducky has been carefully engineered to achieve state-of-the-art duck-printing performance.

No benchmarks have been conducted because they are unnecessary.

Compatibility

• ✅ Linux
• ✅ macOS
• ✅ Windows
• ✅ FreeBSD
• ✅ TempleOS
• ✅ Mikoyan MiG-29

Security

The duck has been thoroughly inspected and, to the best of our knowledge, contains no malware.

Independent experts agree that the duck is, in fact, a duck.

License

The Unlicense. This project is so important that it has to be released into the public domain.