aberant space: a letter from _why

Posted on August 23, 2011 by zzz_zwp

because of his disappearance, i thought i would share a letter i had received from _why in 2005. i had just started learning ruby after a year or so break from development and emailed him because i was trying to figure out the path to enlightenment. i’ve learned from this email to put less…

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