[sampierson]

Why was this even posted? Looking for help reducing it? Complaining about the amount spent? Looking for a pat on the back?

I saw a talk at Ruby/RailsConf about the work spent building and maintaining rubygems.org. It smelled a bit martyrish. "Look at the thankless work we perform behind the scenes".

Well, if help is required building or operating rubygems.org, please just say so. As a seasoned Ruby developer I'd be more than happy to contribute development time, and as a daily user I'd be willing to commit financially in a small way towards operating costs. Not that that is required - given all the offers of free hosting this post received in response.

If we don't know about a problem, we can't help. Just ask if help is what you want. It's not like the Ruby community doesn't have great communication channels.