#_why

Irina Nazarova

@inazarova.bsky.social

1 month ago

Discovering Hong Kong or taking photos of my new fit from rubytshirts.com? Gimme both! #_why

Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm)

@stepheneb.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy

6 months ago

A link to an archive of almost all of _why’s work!

https://viewsourcecode.org/why/index.html

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#_why #WhyTheLuckyStiff #Ruby #MetaProgramming

Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm)

@stepheneb.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy

6 months ago

And the fun craziness of Ruby metaprogramming:

Seeing Metaclasses Clearly
If you're new to metaprogramming in Ruby and you'd like to start using it, perhaps these four methods could give you a bit more vision.
viewsourcecode.org/why/hacking/seeingMetacl...

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Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm)

@stepheneb.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy

6 months ago

One of _why’s poems:

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Sister, without you, The universe would Have such a hole through it, Where infinity has been shot.
This cannot be, though. There will always be room For you--all of us are Holding the way open.
https://viewsourcecode.org/why/quatrains/0.2.html
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Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm)

@stepheneb.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy

6 months ago

Or those insane and whimsical short story (which is definitely written by a real human) and starts with:

“(An octopus is busy chaining together air conditioners and, from the audience's perspective, he has piled air conditioners upwards, an endless tower which ascends right up into the zenith […]

Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm)

@stepheneb.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy

6 months ago

Reading about how vacuous gpt5 is when trying to be literary — i remembered _why (why the lucky stiff) and his inspired nonsense/sense!

Twitter posts 20 years ago:

“i try to tan my bottom so if people tell me to cram somethinsomethin where the sun don’t shine i can say “oh ho but it does […]