Jonathan Gillette, known by the pseudonym why the lucky stiff , is a writer, cartoonist, artist, and programmer notable for his work with the Ruby programming language. Annie Lowrey described him as "one of the most unusual, and beloved, computer programmers" in the world. Along with Yukihiro Matsumoto and David Heinemeier Hansson, he was seen as one of the key figures in the Ruby community._why made a presentation enigmatically titled "A Starry Afternoon, a Sinking Symphony, and the Polo Champ Who Gave It All Up for No Reason Whatsoever" at the 2005 O'Reilly Open Source Convention. It explored how to teach programming and make the subject more appealing to adolescents. _why gave a presentation and performed with his band, the Thirsty Cups, at RailsConf in 2006.On 19 August 2009, _why's accounts on Twitter and GitHub and his personally maintained websites went offline. Shortly before he disappeared, why the lucky stiff tweeted, "programming is rather thankless. u see your works become replaced by superior ones in a year. unable to run at all in a few more." _why's colleagues have assembled collections of his writings and projects.Later his website went back online with a detailed explanation of his plans for the future. Wikipedia
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“And so, reaching futilely for answers, they blame the trees!”
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“I felt aimless, but it felt fine.”
This is not what I wanted to feel though. I wanted to feel a great absence, a longing, a distance that would finally inspire.
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