Ruby: A Love Story - Boulder gSchool

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Ruby: A Love Story

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Hello Boulder!

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Terence Lee @hone02

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Austin, TX

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Jacuzzi for your Hands

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Blue Hat Club

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Community

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“I almost feel like Ruby is one of my children, but in fact, it is the result of the combined efforts of many people. Without their help, Ruby could never have become what it is.” - Yukihiro Matsumoto, “Matz”, まつもとゆきひろ

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← Matz

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“I hope to see Ruby help every programmer in the world to be productive, and to enjoy programming, and to be happy. That is the primary purpose of Ruby language.” - Yukihiro Matsumoto, “Matz”, まつもとゆきひろ

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← ko1

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nobu → Patch Monster

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Top 5 Committers $ git shortlog -s --since=2012 | sort -rn | \ head -6 2739 nobu <--- 867 akr 710 svn 635 ko1 596 naruse 448 zzak

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@_zzak

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@indirect

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Friday Hug! @tenderlove

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EuRuKo 2012 - Amsterdam

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gSchool Denver

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@gorbypuff

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#rubykaraoke ← @headius @plexus →

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Open Arms

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I Suffered From Imposter Syndrome

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Afraid of my code being ugly

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Nobody called me stupid

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Most Major Open Source Projects are Filled with Ugly Code

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@schneems

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Language has a grammar. But it also has a culture. It shapes the way we experience world.

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“Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world.” - Rumi

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Ruby is Weird

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Chunky Bacon Cartoon Foxes

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Jim Weirich http://www.confreaks.com/videos/412- mountainrb2010-has-anyone-seen-my-code

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"But the measure of the man is that you could not help but love him, and that he could not help but love you." -Justin Gehtland