According to its creator, Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, "Ruby is designed to make programmers happy." While it may not achieve this goal for everyone, it works for at least one programmer (me). When developing spatial applications however, the seeming lack of support for Ruby can serve to diminish programmer happiness. The aim of this presentation is to show that Ruby, with the right gems, and an occasional bit of JRuby sprinkled on top, can make spatial programmers truly happy.