---
title: "Page 155 by Stan Lo, 2026-06-01"
page: 155
chapter: "chapter 6"
chapter_url: "https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-6.html"
writers:
  - name: "Stan Lo"
    url: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/people/st0012/"
date: 2026-06-01
event: "RubyKaigi"
canonical: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/entries/155-116675357596817600/"
mastodon: "https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/116675357596817600"
image: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/_astro/116675356122677360.D5ia3FNC_2q9Of8.jpeg"
---

# Page 155 by Stan Lo, 2026-06-01

Page 155 of why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, the paperback guest book. Written by [Stan Lo](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/people/st0012/). It sits in [chapter 6](https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-6.html) of the book. Written at RubyKaigi. Scanned, optimized and posted on 2026-06-01.

## Community message

> #OSS is about patience and persistence.
> Stan Lo
> #RubyKaigi 2026

## From the post on ruby.social

In "Downtown", @st0012 signs off with the entire job description of #openSource compressed into 6 words:

That is the whole pep talk. No exclamation marks, no fireworks. The kind of thing you write because you have been at it long enough to know it's true. A fox nods slowly, files it under "things to remember".

@rubykaigi
#whysfoxes #WhysPoignantGuideToRuby #WPGTRPage155 #ruby #oss #RubyLang #RubyLanguage #irb

## Image

![Scan of page 155](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/_astro/116675356122677360.D5ia3FNC_2q9Of8.jpeg)

Also mentioned: [@rubykaigi](https://ruby.social/@rubykaigi).

## Links

- [This page as HTML](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/entries/155-116675357596817600/)
- [The post on ruby.social](https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/116675357596817600)