Four choices for packaging Ruby binary distributions

When I’m building new products, I like to keep as much of it in the “same language” as possible. This usually isn’t a problem because applications live on the server, but Terminalwire is different—it requires users to install the Terminalwire Client on their workstations to stream command-line applications from the server without needing an API. I’m most productive in Ruby, so I built and shipped the prototype Terminalwire client as a Ruby Gem and tried to convince myself that installing a RubyGem wouldn’t be that bad, knowing that it would be a bad idea.