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 |
Nearly a year ago, we lost @codefolio. A kindness in the community and a keeper of 
_why's flame.
In the ✍️ guestbook, Noah wrote:
> Why is gone but never forgotten.
> Ruby and Shoes!
> — Noah Gibbs
He spent years preserving _why's work, rebuilding #Shoes and reminding us that programming could be joyful.
Now, Noah is gone too.
Even further. 🕯️
But like _why, he's never forgotten.
Rest well, Noah. 🦊💜
#whysfoxes #WPGTRPage115 #noahgibbs #SpaceShoes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #Ruby
So @adamwiggins left a note in the 📔 book
> Keep up the Ruby-ing!
Heroku and #Ruby go together like foxes and cleverness. Did you know #Heroku was born as a Ruby platform? In the early days, it was only for #Rubyists — #Rails and #gems, blocks & foxes, all running wild in the cloud.
So when Adam says “Keep up the Ruby-ing!”—he’s really saying:
Let your gems sparkle, and remember that every Heroku #dyno is just a little fox,
waiting to carry your dreams into the cloud.
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
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.
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.