His Wikipedia page will help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff Essentially he wrote a very p

His Wikipedia page will help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff Essentially he wrote a very popular Ruby book and was considered a big name in that community. He had a particularly interesting style of writing, but what immortalized him among the wider tech community was his sudden disappearance online, the search for him, and arguments about whether he would want to be found. It was eventually discovered that he wanted to be left alone.