diff --git a/home-manager/home.nix b/home-manager/home.nix
index 11bbfa4b..2006cdba 100644
--- a/home-manager/home.nix
+++ b/home-manager/home.nix
@@ -166,4 +166,6 @@
   xdg.dataFile."homemade/bin/la".source = ../home/.local/share/homemade/bin/la.bash;
   xdg.dataFile."homemade/bin/zj".source = ../home/.local/share/homemade/bin/zj.bash;
   xdg.dataFile."homemade/bin/add_nix_channels".source = ../home/.local/share/homemade/bin/add_nix_channels.bash;
+  xdg.dataFile."homemade/bin/ruby".source = ../home/.local/share/homemade/bin/ruby.bash;
+  xdg.dataFile."homemade/bin/irb".source = ../home/.local/share/homemade/bin/irb.bash;
 }
diff --git a/home-manager/packages.nix b/home-manager/packages.nix
index 272f0e01..6644d85a 100644
--- a/home-manager/packages.nix
+++ b/home-manager/packages.nix
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@
     # pkgs.libyaml
     # pkgs.openssl
     #
-    # Don't include nixpkgs ruby, because of installing into .nix-profile hides
-    # adhoc use of https://github.com/bobvanderlinden/nixpkgs-ruby
-    # pkgs.ruby
+    # Don't include nixpkgs ruby for complex gems and other handlings
+    # Prefer adhoc use of https://github.com/bobvanderlinden/nixpkgs-ruby as follows
+    # `nix shell github:bobvanderlinden/nixpkgs-ruby#'"ruby-3.2"' --command irb`
 
     # As a boardgamer
     # pkgs.tesseract