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| 43 | Desi McAdam | I am very excited that Wilson came to work with us. He is incredibly intelligent and probably one of the best coders I know. I look forward to learning from him any chance I get. | over 2 years ago |
| 42 | Durran Jordan | over 2 years ago | |
| 41 | Rogelio J. Samour | >> RubyNinja.first => "Wilson" | over 2 years ago |
| 40 | Les Hill | Awesome mastery with an open mind. | over 2 years ago |
| 39 | Stephen Caudill | Wilson is simply marvelous. An excellent codesmith and appreciator of fine Japanese teas, he's an incredible asset and I count myself fortunate to know him. | over 2 years ago |
| 38 | Tim Pope | over 2 years ago | |
| 37 | Jim Remsik | One of the smartest people I know. | over 2 years ago |
| 36 | Jon "Lark" Larkowski | Wilson is hardcore Ruby and hardcore metal. | over 2 years ago |
| 35 | Andrew Maier | over 2 years ago | |
| 34 | Wes Gibbs | over 3 years ago | |
| 33 | Ben McDonald | Great to work with | over 3 years ago |
| 32 | Andrew Stone | over 3 years ago | |
| 31 | Jacqui Maher | Everyone's mentioned how brilliant he is, and I completely agree, but I'd like to add that he's really excellent at explaining how things work, and why. Wilson's awesome to work with. | over 3 years ago |
| 30 | Rein Henrichs | Wilson blows my mind with deep ruby-fu. Great guy. | over 3 years ago |
| 29 | Zach Inglis | over 3 years ago | |
| 28 | Veezus Kreist | He may be smarter and better looking and have a nicer car than me, but I still beat him at Gran Turismo. Ha! | over 3 years ago |
| 27 | Sebastian Delmont | over 3 years ago | |
| 26 | Paul Dix | over 3 years ago | |
| 25 | Jacob Harris | over 3 years ago | |
| 24 | Tom Mornini | over 3 years ago | |
| 23 | Justin Pease | over 3 years ago | |
| 22 | David Smalley | over 3 years ago | |
| 21 | Eero Saynatkari | over 3 years ago | |
| 20 | Eric Hodel | Thanks to Wilson, I will not go hungry if the only available food source is eels. | over 3 years ago |
| 19 | John Hornbeck | over 3 years ago | |
| 18 | Brian Ford | After co-presenting the Rubinius talk at RailsConf08 with Evan and Wilson, I think it's imperative that I compile a "world according to Wilson" set of quotes. | over 3 years ago |
| 17 | Mutwin Kraus | over 3 years ago | |
| 16 | Taylor Weibley | Wilson is an awesome guy and one of the main forces propelling Rubinius towards success! | over 3 years ago |
| 15 | Yehuda Katz | Wilson is a wicked smart dude. And he works on Rubinius. Enough said. | over 3 years ago |
| 14 | Jamie van Dyke | over 3 years ago | |
| 13 | Ezra Zygmuntowicz | wilson rocks | over 3 years ago |
| 12 | Joshua Sierles | over 3 years ago | |
| 11 | Uros Zekar | over 3 years ago | |
| 10 | Mojo Talantikite | over 3 years ago | |
| 9 | Will Jessop | over 3 years ago | |
| 8 | Seth Fitzsimmons | Wilson rocks the house. \,,/ | over 4 years ago |
| 7 | Ryan ZenSpider Davis | maybe someday I can get him to switch to emacs. | over 4 years ago |
| 6 | Robby Russell | over 4 years ago | |
| 5 | Trotter Cashion | over 5 years ago | |
| 4 | Matt Lyon | over 5 years ago | |
| 3 | Steven Baker | over 5 years ago | |
| 2 | Corey Donohoe | over 5 years ago | |
| 1 | Obie Fernandez | One of the most knowledgeable Ruby/Rails people in the world, easily. | over 5 years ago |

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