Noel Rappin: Reviving the Pickaxe— A Journey through Ruby's

Noel Rappin: Reviving the Pickaxe— A Journey through Ruby's Legacy

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Ever wondered what it takes to update a classic technical book for a modern audience? Noel Rappin shares his journey of reviving the iconic "Pickaxe" book, Programming Ruby, while drawing parallels to maintaining legacy codebases.

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