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…

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

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

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

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. #brightonruby

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

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

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

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

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…