---
title: "Page 159 by Alessandro Rodi, 2026-10-27"
page: 159
chapter: "chapter 6"
chapter_url: "https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-6.html"
writers:
  - name: "Alessandro Rodi"
    handle: "@coorasse"
date: 2026-10-27
canonical: "https://whysfox.es/entries/159-coorasse/"
mastodon: "https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/117512067513626110"
image: "https://whysfox.es/_astro/117512064424681363.D_9TMa7Z_1PEal6.jpeg"
---

# Page 159 by Alessandro Rodi, 2026-10-27

Page 159 of why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, the paperback guest book. Written by Alessandro Rodi. It sits in [chapter 6](https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-6.html) of the book. Scanned, optimized and posted on 2026-10-27.

## Community message

> AI will steal your job anyway, so why reading this book? Actually... why reading books at all?
> Alessandro

## From the post on ruby.social

Page 159 teaches you to read a web page with open-uri. At the bottom, @coorasse left a warning in red:

A fair question. Luckily Alessandro also maintains CanCanCan, so we asked:

can? :read, Book
# => true

You can can read.

The foxes went back to reading. AI can't steal a fox's job. Foxes don't have jobs.

## Image

![Scan of page 159](https://whysfox.es/_astro/117512064424681363.D_9TMa7Z_1PEal6.jpeg)

## Writers

- Alessandro Rodi (@coorasse): [GitHub](https://github.com/coorasse), [Mastodon](https://ruby.social/@coorasse), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/coorasse/), [RubyEvents](https://www.rubyevents.org/speakers/alessandro-rodi), [Website](https://coorasse.com).

## Links

- [This page as HTML](https://whysfox.es/entries/159-coorasse/)
- [The post on ruby.social](https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/117512067513626110)