ruby

Background My first tech stack was nicknamed the “LAPP Stack”, using Linux, Apache, Postgres instead of MySQL, and vanilla PHP (no Laravel, no CodeIgniter, etc.). At the time, I thought it was a superior tech stack and would make fun of Ruby. Mostly to tease the college classmates who I perceived to be “fanboys”. During then, and again in 2024, I had some low-key curiosity around the Ruby programming language and picked up a copy of the pickaxe book....