[HN Gopher] A Poignant Guide to Ruby
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       A Poignant Guide to Ruby
        
       Author : creolabs
       Score  : 39 points
       Date   : 2020-11-10 07:26 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | devilduck wrote:
       | It's extremely weird to see this coming up again when I literally
       | just started re-reading this two days again
        
       | awad wrote:
       | I still share this every time someone is new to Ruby. He's a
       | really good story teller which is all the more impressive given
       | that code is involved...
        
       | Arubis wrote:
       | I don't think about _why every day the way I used to, but I still
       | miss his presence.
        
         | oliyoung wrote:
         | his influence on a whole generation of developers was priceless
        
       | Falling3 wrote:
       | Does anyone know if this site was recently put together or if
       | it's been around all along? WHOIS says the domain was registered
       | back in '14. I love _why's writings and largely credit him with
       | getting me excited about using Ruby back when I was in college.
       | Really nice to be reminded of his work.
        
         | pmontra wrote:
         | There it was 5 years ago
         | 
         | https://web.archive.org/web/20150310154942/https://poignant....
        
       | evolve2k wrote:
       | I remember a documentary was being made on _why. Anyone know
       | where that got up to?
        
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