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This PR adds the Quickstart Part 2 docs: Customize workspace startup.
What this guide accomplishes: Edit the Quickstart template to add a new programming language (Ruby), enable automatic dotfiles installation, and gate workspace creation on GitHub authentication for seamless private-repo cloning. Optional bonus sections add a workspace metadata widget, a custom workspace app, and a new preset.
Approximate time: 20-30 minutes for the three main enhancements. Add ~10-15 min if the reader attempts the bonus sections.
Why this belongs in the series: This is where the reader learns that templates are editable artifacts, not fixed infrastructure. They practice the three highest-leverage Terraform patterns in any Coder template: editing existing
coder_parameterblocks, pulling registry modules, and declaring data sources for their side effects. Without this part, readers never see HCL and never understand the relationship between the template file and what their workspace becomes.