Ruby is for Fun
Ruby is for Fun by the commenterby the commenter
Shares rank 71 of 115 programming books by recommenders
A free Ruby book written for a child that people recommend as a lasting, human-written resource filling a gap in Ruby learning material.
A free Ruby book written for a child that people recommend as a lasting, human-written resource filling a gap in Ruby learning material.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Written for a child, meant to last
“I wrote it for my son who was 5 years old back then, in hopes it will be useful over time”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “I no longer care to work on any Ruby gems so I've archived all my repositories” Fills a gap in Ruby resources
“It was exactly what has been missing in Ruby landscape and what I wanted.”
Comment from 21 Jun 2026 in “Pre-2022 Books” Human-written, stable, unlikely to change
“written by a human, and will stay the same forever I think”
Comment from 20 Jun 2026 in “Pre-2022 Books”
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The four most recommended other programming books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafting Interpretersby Robert Nystrom | 60 | 4 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Clean Codeby Robert C. Martin | 31 | 87 | 26% | 9 | — | — |
| The Pragmatic Programmerby Hunt and Thomas | 28 | 1 | 97% | 7 | — | Approved |
| How to Design Programsby Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Ruby is for Funby the commenterThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 4 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I wrote it for my son who was 5 years old back then, in hopes it will be useful over time”
“It was exactly what has been missing in Ruby landscape and what I wanted.”
“written by a human, and will stay the same forever I think”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.