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Let's talk about tools (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #04)

This is episode #04 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained glass panel celebrating Ruby. Today, I talk about tools!

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Square? Or freeform? (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #03)

This is episode #03 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained glass panel celebrating Ruby. Today, I riff on the drawing and ask you which version you prefer!

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Ideas are cheap. But glass? Not so much. (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #02)

This is episode #02 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained-glass panel celebrating Ruby. Today, we talk about how to choose glass, and how stained glass windows should follow the open-closed principle too.

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This idea cost me an ice cream (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #01)

This is episode #01 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained-glass panel celebrating Ruby.

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I'm making a collectible limited-edition Ruby stained glass panel

After talking with Jeremy Smith and Jess Brown on the IndieRails podcast about stained glass and how I transitioned to programming in Ruby, I’ve had this crazy idea that I could tie the two together in a weird project. Well, here goes nothing!

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