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#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage227 #Ruby #ChunkyBacon #RubyLang

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
Johnny Shields drew a Pikachu in red marker, tongue out, and wrote next to it: > Wishing you much CHUNKY BACON > see you around > @johnnyshields The 🦊 foxes next door are still explaining the chu…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM
whysfox.es
The foxes on this page argue about everything, but not about this.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage229 #Ruby #RubyConfAT

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
Page 229 was signed by Olga Borzenko at @rubyconfat 2026, right above the 🦊 foxes and their talking croissant: > Keep ruby great! It's the best programming language in the world! > Olga, RubyConf …
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM
whysfox.es
collector. If your objects go away quietly, thank him.

On the page a fox detective 🦊 reads out the forensic report on a hole. But what was it??

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage238 #Ruby #KeepRubyWeird #MINASWAN

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
Page 238 was signed by Matt Valentine-House, better known as @eightbitraptor.bsky.social. He drew a little ruby #gem next to it: > Keep Ruby Weird > MINASWAN > @eightbitraptor.bsky.social Matt is…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM
whysfox.es
On the page the foxes find the pen _why used to draw the book, and ask it for legs. They got legs. Now they have colours too.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage223 #Ruby #HelveticRuby

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
Page 223 got more than a signature. @roli took out the markers and coloured the whole page: green 🦊 foxes, orange shorts, pink shadows behind the cats. Then he signed it at @helvetic_ruby 2023: > …
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM
whysfox.es
Doumo arigatou.

#WPGTRPage242 #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #whysfoxes Ruby #RubyLang

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
In green, page 242, @snoozer05 said thank you in two languages at once: > I love this project. Thank you. ありがとう > — @snoozer05 (ありがとう = "thank you".) There's a red Japanese scribble nearby and t…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM
whysfox.es
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage244 #RubyLang #RubyLanguage #Hanakai

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
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 #WPGTRPage244 #RubyLang #FriendlyRB

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
The comic on page 244 ends with the 🦊 foxes shouting "That's WHY THE LUCKY STIFF!". Right under it, in red, @booldog.bsky.social wrote at @friendlyrb.com 2024: > That's us, doing Ruby until we all…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM
whysfox.es
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage257 #ruby #RubyLang #RubyLanguage

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
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
A 🦊 fox wants all the weird stories again.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage252 #chunkybacon

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
At #TheMerge, June 2024, @mojombo wrote uphill in red: > I am amazed to see a print version of this book; I still remember reading it online so many years ago. > Chunky bacon! > Tom Tom Preston-W…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:12 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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why's foxes — conf guestbook
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
I have learned to be a friend to myself. The ball went in the net.
> Schwad

Nick keeps _why's Shoes walking with #Scarpe. A 🦊 fox had to turn the book twice.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage243

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
Also @schwad.org wrote a short story in a spiral around the comic on page 243: > The goalie sat down — the lemonade stand was bankrupt. "Don't worry" the goalie said. Lemonade is a SCAM these days…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM
whysfox.es
Nabeelah writes #Ruby in Barcelona and still feels new to it after 4 years. The foxes have hidden the book, just in case. 😂

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage246 #RubyLang #RubyOnRails

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
A full page in pink from Nabeelah Yousuph on page 246, two 🦊 foxes reading along below. Near the end, a promise: > This book is so awesome and I definitely will figure out how get a hold of it. If…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:12 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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why's foxes — conf guestbook
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
alexanderadam.bsky.social
I created a first draft of the @whysfoxes.bsky.social website: whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/

Feel free to give me feedback on that. 😊

#whysfoxes #whysPoignantGuideToRuby #Ruby #RubyLang
why's foxes: a guest book
A paperback guest book that keeps turning up at events uninvited. We only write down what it brings back.
whysfoxes.github.io
October 4, 2026 at 11:49 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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why's foxes — conf guestbook
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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why's foxes — conf guestbook
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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why's foxes — conf guestbook
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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why's foxes — conf guestbook
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
A 🦊 fox RSpectfully tips a rainbow-coloured cap.

Merci, Benoit 🙏

@RSpec

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage43 #ruby #RSpec

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
Page 43, @benoittgt.bsky.social announced the "hidden draw" with the biggest letters possible. 😉 I guess Benoit is 100g of fun. And up top, 🌈 a rainbow in every marker he could reach, announced t…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:10 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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why's foxes — conf guestbook
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
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage78 #RubyLang

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
Foxes standing right there to witness @crplanas: > I always wanted to write something like this book. Now I can say that I wrote in it! > Keep Ruby weird and see u in the next conf. > Cristian Pla…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
whysfox.es
Missing _why and keeping #Ruby weird are the same act. You cannot bring him back, but you can refuse to let the language settle into a grey suit.

@rubyunconf is one of the places where the weird stays welcome.

#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage93

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
Where the printed page promises "a computer and a book", @halfbyte wrote: > Thanks for letting me write something in this book. > I miss _why and it's one of the reasons why I try hard to keep rub…
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
whysfox.es
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage132 #RubyLang

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why's foxes — conf guestbook
Next to examples of `rescue` and `retry`, a 20-year confession from @noniq.at: > I first heard about the 'retry' keyword in 2025, after doing Ruby for 20 years. Maybe I should have read this book …
ruby.social
October 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM