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.
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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 #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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Page 43, @benoit 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 that you can find a Ruby friend in him.
A fox RSpectfully tips a rainbow-coloured cap.
Merci, Benoit 🙏
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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 is something that all foxes fully understand.
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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 Planas, #Warsaw 2024
The universe shrugged, handed you a green pen, and said "well, you can write in it".
Every signature in this book is a tiny chapter that _why didn't get to write.
Keep #Ruby weird, Cristian. See you in the next conf.
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 ruby weird.
> ♥️ Jan
> (#RubyUnConf 2024)
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.
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