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why's foxes — conf guestbook @whysfoxes.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Happy #Whyday! 🎉 Once a year, the foxes put on party hats, the gems sparkle a little brighter, and we remember the joy of coding playfully, curiously, and a little bit chaotically. It’s not just about #Ruby. It’s about being creative, writing code that sings, and celebrating the forever-weird mag…

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why's foxes — conf guestbook @whysfoxes.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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. S… 🔗 Source

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why's foxes — conf guestbook @whysfoxes.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

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 murmu… 🔗 Source

Zen and Ruby came to the West from Japan.
They enlighten us like gem reflections in daylight. Xavier

Social media post of Xavier Noria:

I was asked yesterday to write something in the margins of a paper edition of _why's book.

There's a sidebar about Zen moments he had, and wrote this next to it:

Zen and Ruby came to the West from Japan
They enlighten us
Like gem reflections in daylight

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why's foxes — conf guestbook @whysfoxes.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Turned to Page 21 and found a splash of colour—a 🇧🇷 Brazilian flag! (Thanks, @fernandes). Beside it, in letters that look like they’re dancing, he wrote: > Best thing about coding and confs is the friends we make. Sometimes, the best bugs aren’t in the code—they’re the ones that bring u… 🔗 Source

Best thing about coding and confs is the friends we make.

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why's foxes — conf guestbook @whysfoxes.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

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, bu… 🔗 Source

A: Go to Brighton Ruby. It’s really fun!
B: I dunno, seems like we shouldn’t.

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why's foxes — conf guestbook @whysfoxes.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

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, 2… 🔗 Source

A priest, a pastor, and a rabbit enter a bar. The rabbit looks around and says "I must be a typo..." — Ju, 2023

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why's foxes — conf guestbook @whysfoxes.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Hey you! Just flipped open the guestbook to the second page. There, like a little post-it stuck to a monitor with a glob of code glue, @eileencodes left a note at @rubyunconf: > Happy (Rails) coding! Nice to see you at Ruby UnConf 2024! > — EileenCodes Now my book is smiling and my ke… 🔗 Source

Happy (Rails) coding! Nice to see you at Ruby UnConf 2024!
EileenCodes

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why's foxes — conf guestbook @whysfoxes.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

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… 🔗 Source

He started a movement.
I miss you, why!
まつもとゆきひろ
matz

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