---
title: "Page 38 by Xavier Noria, 2025-06-20"
page: 38
chapter: "chapter 3"
chapter_url: "https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-3.html"
writers:
  - name: "Xavier Noria"
    url: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/people/fxn/"
date: 2025-06-20
canonical: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/entries/38-114717157216488016/"
mastodon: "https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/114717157216488016"
bluesky: "https://bsky.app/profile/whysfoxes.bsky.social/post/3m3mwyjkt742d"
image: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/_astro/114717114375307446.o6yV-TkQ_l5WCG.jpeg"
---

# Page 38 by Xavier Noria, 2025-06-20

Page 38 of why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, the paperback guest book. Written by [Xavier Noria](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/people/fxn/). It sits in [chapter 3](https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-3.html) of the book. Scanned, optimized and posted on 2025-06-20.

## Community message

> Zen and Ruby came to the West from Japan.
> They enlighten us like gem reflections in daylight.
> Xavier

## From the post on ruby.social

In 2024 @fxn left a note in the #guestbook that feels like 🌅 a sunrise over a quiet dojo:

Now, every time I type a new method,
I imagine a fox in a kimono,
sipping 🍵 tea and murmuring:
“The answer is not in the code, but in the spaces between.”

## Image

![Scan of page 38](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/_astro/114717114375307446.o6yV-TkQ_l5WCG.jpeg)

## Elsewhere

- [bsky.app](https://bsky.app/profile/fxn.bsky.social/post/3ls2px64goc2e) by Xavier Noria

## Links

- [This page as HTML](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/entries/38-114717157216488016/)
- [The post on ruby.social](https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/114717157216488016)
- [The post on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/whysfoxes.bsky.social/post/3m3mwyjkt742d)