---
title: "Page 132 by Stefan Daschek, 2026-06-01"
page: 132
chapter: "chapter 5"
chapter_url: "https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-5.html"
writers:
  - name: "Stefan Daschek"
    url: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/people/noniq/"
date: 2026-06-01
canonical: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/entries/132-116675636754759873/"
mastodon: "https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/116675636754759873"
image: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/_astro/116675633681452922.8nRcM2yg_1ivMMy.jpeg"
---

# Page 132 by Stefan Daschek, 2026-06-01

Page 132 of why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, the paperback guest book. Written by [Stefan Daschek](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/people/noniq/). It sits in [chapter 5](https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-5.html) of the book. Scanned, optimized and posted on 2026-06-01.

## Community message

> I first heard about the 'retry' keyword in 2025, after doing Ruby for 20 years. Maybe I should have read this book earlier.
> Stefan

## From the post on ruby.social

Next to examples of `rescue` and `retry`, a 20-year confession from @noniq:

#Ruby keeps a few foxes tucked into footnotes so that even the people who have been here since 1.6 still get to discover something. The book is older than a lot of the careers it has shaped, and it is still teaching.

## Image

![Scan of page 132](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/_astro/116675633681452922.8nRcM2yg_1ivMMy.jpeg)

## Links

- [This page as HTML](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/entries/132-116675636754759873/)
- [The post on ruby.social](https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/116675636754759873)