Heredocs in Ruby are quite common, quite flexible, and… somewhat weird. Still, this doesn’t stop people from suggesting more features for them, like this (rejected) proposal for an anonymous heredocs syntax:

# regular Ruby code
Markdown.render <<~MARKDOWN
  # Hello there

  This is a Markdown file. See?

  1. This is a list
  2. With items
  3. And more items
MARKDOWN

# proposed syntax
Markdown.render <<~
  # Hello there

  This is a Markdown file. See?

  1. This is a list
  2. With items
  3. And more items
~>>

Even though this proposal didn’t make it, you can get pretty close by just using _ as your heredoc delimiter:

Markdown.render <<~_
  # Hello there

  This is a Markdown file. See?

  1. This is a list
  2. With items
  3. And more items
_

Looks a bit weird, but it gets the job done.

That’s all I have for you today. Keep Ruby weird!