---
title: "Page 174 by Andy, 2026-10-14"
page: 174
chapter: "chapter 6"
chapter_url: "https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-6.html"
writers:
  - name: "Andy"
    handle: "@docker_enjoyer"
date: 2026-10-14
canonical: "https://whysfox.es/entries/174-docker-enjoyer/"
mastodon: "https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/117439393217931715"
image: "https://whysfox.es/_astro/117439388743625576.D00nP_uz_m4RtT.jpeg"
---

# Page 174 by Andy, 2026-10-14

Page 174 of why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, the paperback guest book. Written by Andy. It sits in [chapter 6](https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-6.html) of the book. Scanned, optimized and posted on 2026-10-14.

## Community message

> Code like this sometimes makes me question my sanity, but is also something I love about Ruby
> Andy, Helvetic Ruby 24

## From the post on ruby.social

Page 174 is the guts of Dwemthy's Array. A metaclass. An instance_eval inside an each. A define_method inside that.

@docker_enjoyer wrote over the code in red:

Both are true. _why wrote it. Ruby ran it. Nobody's sanity came back.

The foxes got their traits from this code. They don't ask how.

## Image

![Scan of page 174](https://whysfox.es/_astro/117439388743625576.D00nP_uz_m4RtT.jpeg)

## Writers

- Andy (@docker_enjoyer): [GitHub](https://github.com/andyundso), [Mastodon](https://ruby.social/@docker_enjoyer), [RubyEvents](https://www.rubyevents.org/speakers/andy-pfister).

## Links

- [This page as HTML](https://whysfox.es/entries/174-docker-enjoyer/)
- [The post on ruby.social](https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/117439393217931715)