Company Spotlight: How Ruby Shaped DNSimple’s Growth

DNSimple, a long-time Ruby Central sponsor, helps businesses simplify domain management, including registration and DNS hosting across multiple providers. Their roots trace back to RubyConf 2010, where CEO Anthony Eden introduced the company to the Ruby community—and the world. Earlier this month, he sat down with us to discuss the growth of DNSimple and how Ruby and Rails and the community have played a key role. “When I started DNSimple, I was working as a full-time Ruby developer,” Eden explained. “I knew the Ruby community well, having attended and presented at many events. I knew that I could present a demo during a lightning talk that would resonate with Rubyists, showing a simple Ruby command-line tool where I could register a domain name, so I took the opportunity.” Eden’s decision to launch DNSimple at RubyConf made perfect sense, as it gave him the chance to connect directly with Rubyists, a community that would ultimately help propel the company forward.