Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)
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Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)
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Re: Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)
#2I don’t think about _why every day the way I used to, but I still miss his presence.
Re: Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)
#3Does 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.
Re: Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)
#4Does 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.
There it was 5 years ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20150310154942/https://poignant....
Re: Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)
#5I remember a documentary was being made on _why.
Anyone know where that got up to?
Re: Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)
#6It's extremely weird to see this coming up again when I literally just started re-reading this two days again
Re: Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)
#7I don’t think about _why every day the way I used to, but I still miss his presence.
his influence on a whole generation of developers was priceless
Re: Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)
#8I 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...
Re: Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)
#9I too remember _why.
Re: Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)
#10I don't think I learnt any code from this book, but it's still my favourite programming book by far.