Why I Ruby
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Chooses Ruby as a first language because the community supplies mentorship, tiny workshops and proposal coaching that keep beginners going, not just language features. Builds a Tamagotchi-style puppy gachi in Ruby whose private method contains five conditionals and repeatedly lets the puppy die — a failure that matches the toy’s behavior but teaches state and timing. Later code grows into Rails apps and refactors of legacy systems. Posts the original code online and urges people to tweet it and tag #myfirstprogram.
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