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I don't know much about _why but as I read all the stories about his disappearing I can't help but think he had serious problems in his life. To take it persona
by oemera 15y ago
I don't know much about _why but as I read all the stories about his disappearing I can't help but think he had serious problems in his life. To take it personally and go away only because your code is getting old and slow while other learned from it and wrote something better is IMO wrong! You should also learn from libraries and go on write something new and challenge yourself again. Giving up because of a loses match is just not ok.
I also find it pretty odd that no-one seems to know what he is doing now. What about all of his friends? Do they also don't where he is?
But I think if someone puts so much energy in hidden himself he shouldn't be found anyway.
- enneff 15y agoHe was "unmasked" at one point. Last I heard - shortly after his disappearance - he was alive and employed. My take on his disappearance is that he just wanted to bow out of the limelight. Fair enough, IMO.
- oemera 15y agoThanks for this. I can understand that people want to get out of the light because not everybody can take that.
- 16s 15y agoSome people have jobs where it's discouraged to stand-out or draw attention outside of work. Doing so is looked-down upon and may lead to reprimand or termination. I have no idea if this was the case for _why, I just want to point that out.
- oemera 15y agoYeah can imagine there are jobs where it is required to stay "hidden". I think it is very interesting cause most times you can make a name in communities when good and at the same time popular people from the community are working for your company. On the other side there are plenty of people who did or still do a lot to be popular in the community. Last but not least I think the guy has earned some rest.
- wyclif 15y agoPeople started digging too deep, trying to unmask him, so he pulled the plug. I admire the people who do know his identity but kept it under wraps: kind of like a geek code of omerta.
- octover 15y agoBingo, this is, as an acquaintance of _why, the main reason. Though I think it is more complicated than just one thing. Before when he got outed he was able to talk to the person and get them to respect his anonymity, but this time around the person wouldn't budge. He wanted his artwork to stand on its own, and has his reasons and I respected them so that's as far as it went.
- betageek 15y agoI think _why left because he didn't want to do it anymore, it's that simple. Being _why must have taken up a load of time and one day he just wanted to spend it some other way - I'd suggest that it shows he was far more balanced than the average "rockstar" programmer, he may really just have left to spend more time with his family. He gave a lot to the community, far more in the short time he was around than most people produce in their lifetime, and we should be/are thankful for it.