No, taste is subjective. That _why is unique, a hacker, an artist and creative is not.

"And I was claiming to be an outsider to the Ruby community"

Yeah, hence why I'm highlighting the inanity of your insistence on viewing his work through the prism of "Ruby" rather than for what it is: creative code in multiple languages including one he invented, artwork, music, books and commentary on making programming more accessible and fun.