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. The English says nobody forces you.

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In red up the gutter of "The Red Sun Rises", @jhawthorn boiled the chapter down to two words:

> Chunky bacon!
> — jhawthorn

#Ruby committer, #Rails core team, Ruby Architecture team at #GitHub. Wrote #Vernier, the profiler a lot of us reach for when Rails gets slow. Makes Ruby faster for a living. His note here is 🥓 "Chunky bacon!".

A  fox nods because that's the right answer.

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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 modern #AI times.
A  fox makes a note and keeps walking.

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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, chief organizer of @rubykaigi, 2024 #RailsLuminary. Sixteen years of commits.

A  fox bows respectfully.

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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

Nate makes a living making @Rails apps faster. He read this book and stayed.

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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 cosiness of the code will become a down sleeping bag for your own solace. Rosa just described the same thing, only she meant people. A  fox curls up either way.

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On page 76 @fglc2 wrote the kind of note you keep:

> To infinity & beyond!
> Best, Fred

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

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