--- title: This idea cost me an ice cream | daily.dev description: A Ruby developer and former stained-glass apprentice shares the first update of a pop-up newsletter documenting the creation of a limited-edition stained-glass... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/this-idea-cost-me-an-ice-cream-1rdwuw9cu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: This idea cost me an ice cream | daily.dev og:description: A Ruby developer and former stained-glass apprentice shares the first update of a pop-up newsletter documenting the creation of a limited-edition stained-glass... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/this-idea-cost-me-an-ice-cream-1rdwuw9cu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1RDWuw9CU.png og:image:alt: This idea cost me an ice cream og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # This idea cost me an ice cream **[RUBYLAND](https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Ruby developer and former stained-glass apprentice shares the first update of a pop-up newsletter documenting the creation of a limited-edition stained-glass panel celebrating the Ruby programming language. The post covers the choice of Tiffany-style copper foil technique over traditional leaded glass for practical shipping reasons, and the discovery of a design inspiration found in a physical copy of 'why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby' during RubyConf Italy. The author asks the community for feedback on the design direction and panel size. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I'm making a collectible limited-edition Ruby stained glass](https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-making-a-collectible-limited-edition-ruby-stained-glass-8d13dwugs) · RUBYLAND · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Ideas are cheap. But glass? 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