batsov

Batsov is a surname that also appears as an online handle in the software development community. The most widely recognized bearer is Bozhidar Batsov, a Bulgarian software engineer and open-source contributor known for his influence in the Ruby ecosystem.

He is best known for authoring the Ruby Style Guide, a set of coding conventions used by many Ruby projects to promote readability and consistency. The guide, published and maintained with community input, has become a common reference in code reviews and educational materials and is associated with rubystyle.guide and related repositories. Beyond the style guide, Batsov has contributed to various Ruby libraries and to the Emacs ecosystem, sharing perspectives on best practices, tooling, and developer productivity.

In public repositories and discussions, the name often appears as the GitHub username batsov, through which he has collaborated on numerous projects and offered guidance on testing, code quality, and project setup. While the name can refer to other individuals bearing the surname, Bozhidar Batsov remains the best-known public figure associated with it in the open-source community.

See also: Ruby Style Guide; Open-source software; Emacs.