Noel Rappin

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Staff Engineer at Chime, and the co-author of Programming Ruby and the author of Modern Front End Development for Rails.

Also on Bluesky as @noelrappin.com and Threads as noelrap

Websitehttps://noelrappin.com
Pronounshe/him
Most Recent Book Linkhttps://pragprog.com/titles/ruby5
Githubhttps://github.com/noelrappin
I’m back in Italy for some hols and #remote #work proudly showing off my #BrightonRuby towel
#ruby #development #brighton
@elight I figured I'd wait a few days to respond to this... Thanks!
@geeksam So... look up the news story "Fatal Distraction" by Gene Weingarten, which is a humane and terrifying look at why these reminders exist. I read it when it came out, think about it about every six weeks or so, and will probably never be in an emotional place to read it again. Weingarten won a Pulitzer for it, it's not easy to read.

We're excited to share that we'll be hosting an intimate Meet the Authors event at #RailsConf!

This is your chance to meet the authors of top Ruby books, ask questions, and maybe grab a copy or two... 📚

Spring Best Sellers Sale Final Drop
All 48 titles are back on sale this week!
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Only at pragprog.com - link to the full list of all titles:
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I’ve started writing again! I wrote the first essay for my newsletter last week about how I view AI coding assistants. Would love to get your feedback!

https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahmei/p/the-next-abstraction

Please consider subscribing if you’d like to see me write more. There’s a free option!

The Next Abstraction

Or, Why AI Is Not Replacing Us

@jamescooke Thanks!
@Schneems Congratulations from a fellow Ga Tech alum!
@marick @carnage4life pretty sure it's Vinge's _A Fire Upon The Deep_