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#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage244 #RubyLang #RubyLanguage #Hanakai

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At the top of page 244 @timriley.info wrote: > Keep it weird, always! > –Tim Tim leads @hanakai.org, the home of #HanamiRb, #dryrb and #rom_rb. He put the 🌸 #Hanami logo above a comic about ham, …
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM
whysfox.es
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage257 #ruby #RubyLang #RubyLanguage

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Inside the back cover, after the book has run out of pages, @pragdave left the shortest manual there is, in black marker: > Code Ruby > Be Happy! > Dave Dave Thomas, co-author of #ThePragmaticPro…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM
whysfox.es
> Mateusz

Three rhymed stanzas, all of them in the alt text. The two foxes listen from the bottom of the page, ears up.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage254 #RubyLang #RubyLanguage #poetry

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Page 254 got an actual poem. Above two 🦊 foxes, in pink, @mateusz_palak wrote the "Hash and Array Poem". It ends: > Hashes paint stories, arrays sing songs, > Together they weave where logic belon…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM
whysfox.es
Chikahiro gives talks at #Ruby conferences. A language that trusts you gathers people who do the same.

A 🦊 fox was (maybe) one of them the whole time.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage256 #RubyLang #RubyLanguage

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On the last page of the book, @chikahiro filled in red: > I love the Ruby, more over Ruby Community, > It always keeps me here and, stick to. > Probably the concept / nature of language is effecti…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM
juuh42dias.bsky.social
Quem quiser brincar com o Ruby do amor sem precisar instalar na máquina:

https://try.ruby-lang.org/
TryRuby: Learn programming with RubyLanguage
Learn to program in Ruby in 30 minutes
try.ruby-lang.org
August 20, 2023 at 10:59 PM
alexanderadam.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy
It's always nice to see @matz on an @Euruko stage 😊

#MINASWAN #ruby #rubylang #rubylanguage #rubyprogramming #euruko #euruko2025 #vianadocastelo #portugal #rubyconference #programmingconferences
Matz on EuRuKo Sstage with a listening audience in front of him
September 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
scollon.social
https://try.ruby-lang.org/
TryRuby: Learn programming with RubyLanguage
Learn to program in Ruby in 30 minutes
try.ruby-lang.org
May 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
whysfox.es
At @rubykaigi @daily_mototsune wrote:

> No one's forcing you to use Ruby.
> Just write Ruby however you want.
> Ruby と共に
> Saeki

"Ruby と共に" reads "Ruby to tomo ni", together with Ruby.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage97 #RubyLang #RubyLanguage #RubyKaigi

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No one's forcing you to use Ruby. Just write Ruby however you want. Ruby と共に Saeki
October 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM
whysfox.es
Makes Ruby faster for a living. His note here is 🥓 "Chunky bacon!".

A 🦊 fox nods because that's the right answer.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage16 #RubyLang #chunkybacon #RubyLanguage

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In red up the gutter of "The Red Sun Rises", @john boiled the chapter down to two words: > Chunky bacon! > — jhawthorn #Ruby committer, #Rails core team, Ruby Architecture team at #GitHub. Wrote …
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM
whysfox.es
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage31 #ruby #globalvariables #RubyLang #RubyLanguage #AIProgramming

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An ⬅️ arrow points at the printed "Global variables" heading and @chrishasinski says the quiet part out loud: > USEFUL FOR AI MODELS > — CHRIS A book from 2005 about Ruby globals, annotated in mo…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM
whysfox.es
A 🦊 fox bows respectfully.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage31 #ruby #chunkybacon #RubyLang #RubyLanguage

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After the printed "Plenty of 🥓 chunky bacon to go around", @a_matsuda signed off: > Chunky Bacon!! > @a_matsuda Akira Matsuda, #Ruby + #Rails committer, author of #kaminari, founder of #asakusaRb…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM
whysfox.es
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage32 #ruby #chunkybacon #rails #RubyLang #RubyLanguage #RubyOnRails #SpeedShop #RailsPerformance

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Right under the comic where the printed 🦊 fox shouts "Woohoo! 🥓 Chunky bacon accomplished!", @nateberkopec wrote: > CHUNKY BACON!!! > Thank you to _why, the reason I am a Rubyist! > Nate Berkopec …
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM
whysfox.es
Rosa just described the same thing, only she meant people. A 🦊 fox curls up either way.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage45 #ruby #RubyLang #RubyLanguage

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At the top of "Floating Little Leaves of Code", where two 🦊 foxes peek over the chapter, @rosa left something warm in pink: > Keep making conferences nicer! > ♥️ Rosa The chapter promises the cos…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
whysfox.es
On page 76 @fglc2 wrote the kind of note you keep:

> To infinity & beyond!
> Best, Fred

To infinity and beyond is something that all 🦊 foxes fully understand.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage76 #ruby #RubyLang #RubyLanguage #RubyConference #RubyConferences

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Alex! #1 #HelveticRuby salesperson! Always great to see you smiling enthusiastic at #Ruby #conferences across the continent. To infinity & beyond! Best, Fred
October 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
whysfox.es
> Issy

A note that speaks to YOU specifically, dear reader, and tells you that you are awesome. A 🦊 fox tips its hat to Issy across the years.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage149 #ruby #helveticruby #rubylang #RubyLanguage

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Where Dr. Cham keeps a MindReader, a WishMaker, and (for reasons the chapter never quite explains) a goat, @issyl0 adds a vote: > Don't know why there's a goat, but Ruby is awesome — as are you! >…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
whysfox.es
The kind of thing you write because you have been at it long enough to know it's true. A 🦊 fox nods slowly, files it under "things to remember".

@rubykaigi
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage155 #ruby #oss #RubyLang #RubyLanguage #irb

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In "Downtown", @st0012.dev signs off with the entire job description of #openSource compressed into 6 words: > #OSS is about patience and persistence. > Stan Lo > #RubyKaigi 2026 That is the whol…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
whysfox.es
A 🦊 fox stamps it "FOUND" and files it under the registry, somewhere between a lost umbrella and a chat about #Sorbet and #tapioca

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage157 #ruby #rubykaigi #hakodate #RubyLang #RubyLanguage

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Page 157, a postcard from @ufuk.dev at @rubykaigi: > HELLO! > From RubyKaigi 2026 in Hakodate ❤️❤️ > Ufuk The kind of note you write standing up, in a hurry, because the next talk is about to sta…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
whysfox.es
A 🦊 fox tips its hat to the cross-cultural mischief.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage173 #RubyLang #rubykaigi #RubyLanguage

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In green, boxed neatly on page 173, @edouard_chin made a reference to the #polish #Ruby community: > The dragon of #Krakow is that strong :) > Edouard Chin > Kaigi 2026 The Wawel #dragon, the Smo…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
whysfox.es
A 🦊 fox salutes the Polish delegation at @rubyconfth.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage176 #RubyLang #RubyConfTh #RubyLanguage #Rails #RubyOnRails

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Big bold pink capitals fill page 176, all the way to the gutter. @andrzejkrzywda, for the Polish(ed) #Ruby Team: > RubyConf Thailand 2026 > The Polished Ruby Team > Dla Alexa z Szacunkiem > Andrze…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
whysfox.es
things that quietly make every #Rails app a little faster), took a moment off from compacting the heap to write here.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage182 #RubyLang #rubycore #RubyLanguage

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Right where the book pits a Rabbit against a ScubaArgentine, @peterzhu.ca left a tiny compliment in Japanese: > すごい！日本語上手。 > @peterzhu.ca Peter, the #Figma #Ruby core committer who spends his day…
ruby.social
October 11, 2026 at 7:25 AM
whysfox.es
Because that's how a 🦊 fox, who breathes obfuscated #Ruby, leaves their name.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage190 #RubyLang #quine #TRICK #RubyLanguage

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Right on the Method Missing page, @mame, Ruby committer, #TRICK champion, the man who made a #Quine Relay across 128 languages, signed in with a tiny program: > eval$s=%!puts"eval$s=%" A self-pri…
ruby.social
October 11, 2026 at 7:25 AM
whysfox.es
And the fox would attend to @kaigionrails.org as well.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage202 #ruby #kaigi_on_rails #KaigiOnRails #RubyLang #RubyLanguage

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Short and sweet, on page 202: > #rubyfriends > Masafumi Okura One hashtag, written by @okuramasafumi's hand, in a paper book. That's commitment to the bit. A 🦊 fox would absolutely tag its friend…
ruby.social
October 11, 2026 at 7:25 AM
whysfox.es
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage29 #ruby #jruby #chunkybacon #RubyLanguage #RubyLang

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Across the spread on page twenty-nine, the man behind @JRuby left his blessing in bright pink: > Ruby and JRuby, friends forever! Keep Ruby Chunky! > Charles Nutter @headius would have it no othe…
ruby.social
October 11, 2026 at 7:25 AM
whysfox.es
A polite hello. Even the busiest #fiber waves on its way past.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage13 #ruby #async #async #socketry #falcon #RubyLang #RubyLanguage

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Right where the book says "Kon'nichi wa, Ruby" and two 🦊 foxes perch on the chapter rule, @ioquatix slipped in an #Async reference: > Async do > puts "Hello World!" > end # Samuel Williams The fe…
ruby.social
October 11, 2026 at 7:25 AM
whysfox.es
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage113 #ruby #rubykaigi #RubyLang #RubyLanguage #roda #sequel #conferenceGuestbook

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Page 113 got the full ceremonial treatment. In red, plus a personal hanko stamp in the corner reading ジェレミー・エヴァンス: > Jeremy Evans > RubyKaigi 2026 A signature and an official seal. @jeremyevans0,…
ruby.social
October 11, 2026 at 7:25 AM