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Can someone explain to me why this is causing such a stir?
by coherentpony 13y ago
Can someone explain to me why this is causing such a stir?
- steveklabnik 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff
- lindbergh 13y agowhy is part of the net folklore from the late 00s that also saw the emergence of Hacker News, ruby mainstream programming et al. I believe there's a strong respect in this community for the work this man has done in previous years.
- coherentpony 13y agoFrom the Wikipedia article in another reply: "Jonathan is _why, he is fine, and he just wants to be left alone." Why aren't we leaving him alone?
- decentrality 13y ago_why is largely responsible for the success and relevance of Ruby to every level of person, entirely approachable, easy to access mentally and retain, totally engaging, and yet 100% bizarre and akin to doing engineering on psychedelics. He spent 66% of his talks intentionally avoiding the topic he was asked to speak on, and yet that 33% was worth more than 100% of most other talks. He transcended programming. See deluge of Wikipedia links attached.