---
title: "Page 252 by Tom Preston-Werner, 2026-10-08"
page: 252
writers:
  - name: "Tom Preston-Werner"
    handle: "@mojombo"
date: 2026-10-08
canonical: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/entries/252-mojombo/"
mastodon: "https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/117407757438804380"
image: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/_astro/117407752649552468.DFkIhQhz_Z2tknQX.jpeg"
---

# Page 252 by Tom Preston-Werner, 2026-10-08

Page 252 of why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, the paperback guest book. Written by Tom Preston-Werner. Scanned, optimized and posted on 2026-10-08.

## Community message

> I am amazed to see a print version of this book; I still remember reading it online so many years ago.
> Chunky bacon!
> Tom

## From the post on ruby.social

At #TheMerge, June 2024, @mojombo wrote uphill in red:

Tom Preston-Werner co-founded #GitHub and made #Jekyll and #TOML.
A fox wants all the weird stories again.

## Image

![Scan of page 252](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/_astro/117407752649552468.DFkIhQhz_Z2tknQX.jpeg)

## Writers

- Tom Preston-Werner (@mojombo): [X profile](https://x.com/mojombo), [RubyEvents](https://www.rubyevents.org/speakers/tom-preston-werner).

## Links

- [This page as HTML](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/entries/252-mojombo/)
- [The post on ruby.social](https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/117407757438804380)