The official unofficial 
#RubyLang #conference #guestbook for why’s Poignant Guide to #Ruby—now with more foxes and 🥓 chunky bacon.
Where #Rubyists scribble, foxes frolic, and code is never quite what you expect.
“Why so poignant? Why so chunky? Why not?”
(Not affiliated with _why the lucky stiff, but inspired by his whimsy and code poetry)
#WhyTheLuckyStiff #ChunkyBacon #Ruby #Rails #RubyOnRails #RubyConference #RubyConf #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby
| Read the book online | https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-1.html |
| Buy your own copy (not my publishing) | https://amzn.to/45mui8t |
In 2024 @fxn left a note in the #guestbook that feels like 🌅 a sunrise over a quiet dojo:
> Zen and Ruby came to the West from Japan.
> They enlighten us like gem reflections in daylight. — Xavier
Now, every time I type a new method,
I imagine a fox in a kimono,
sipping 🍵 tea and murmuring:
“The answer is not in the code, but in the spaces between.”
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage38 #ruby #rubylanguage #rubylang
Go on, be a fox. Go to @brightonruby!
(But don’t tell the other foxes you’re going—it’s a secret, okay?) 🤫✨
You might even get a chance to write, draw and colour into this conference guestbook.
Found a chat between two foxes—just hanging out, like they own the place (and honestly, they do). Here’s what @andycroll, the wizard behind @brightonruby, scribbled:
> A: Go to Brighton Ruby. It’s really fun!
> B: I dunno, seems like we shouldn’t.
They’ll probably say “no” at first, but that’s just fox logic.
Deep down, they’re already packing their bags,
sharpening their code,
and practising their best conference jokes.
Who let the 🐰 rabbit in the bar?
In the 📖 guestbook (which is really just why’s poignant guide to Ruby pretending to be a guestbook—shhh!) I also found this #gem from @arkham:
> A priest, a pastor, and a rabbit enter a bar. The rabbit looks around and says "I must be a typo..." — Ju, 2023
If you ever feel stuck debugging, just remember:
the whole internet is just one big, happy, polymorphic bar.
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #Ruby #RubyLang #whytheluckystiff
There, right at the front, just beneath the title and those gentle words that whisper who’s behind this masterpiece of a book (it’s why the lucky stiff, in case you’re still curious), you’ll find a little note from 
@matz addressed to 
why:
> He started a movement.
> I miss you, why!
> まつもとゆきひろ
> matz
It’s a note that feels like a secret handshake,
or a fox peeking out from behind a line of code.
Welcome to @whysfoxes!
Thanks to @emma and @andycroll, @alexanderadam brings a printed copy of _why’s Poignant Guide to #Ruby to #conferences, where attendees write, draw, and colour inside it—making every page a little more magical.
Sharing highlights from the #guestbook: your writings, drawings, and colourful creations.
Let’s keep the whimsy alive together & make this corner of the internet a little more poignant (and more chunky).
Drop a line, share a story, or admire the foxes.