# Ninja Patching

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ninja-patching/133573>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 1, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ninja-patching/133573 "2008-04-01T19:49:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![avdi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@avdi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/avdi)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ninja-patching/133573/1 "2008-04-01T19:49:30Z")

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Monkey patching is for weenies and pirates. Ninja Patching is the new  
hotness: [Announcing Ninja-Patching! - avdi.codes](http://avdi.org/devblog/2008/04/01/announcing-ninja-patching/)

Their code will never see it coming.

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**Author:** ![avdi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@avdi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/avdi)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ninja-patching/133573/2 "2008-04-01T20:12:50Z")

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On Apr 1, 1:47 pm, “Avdi G.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Monkey patching is for weenies and pirates. Ninja Patching is the new  
> hotness: [http://avdi.org/devblog/2008/04/01/announcing-ninja-patching/](http://avdi.org/devblog/2008/04/01/announcing-ninja-patching/)
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> Their code will never see it coming.

LOL.

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**Author:** ![avdi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@avdi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/avdi)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ninja-patching/133573/3 "2008-04-01T21:32:19Z")

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Avdi G. wrote:

> Monkey patching is for weenies and pirates. Ninja Patching is the new  
> hotness: [http://avdi.org/devblog/2008/04/01/announcing-ninja-patching/](http://avdi.org/devblog/2008/04/01/announcing-ninja-patching/)
> 
> Their code will never see it coming.

Awesome.