Why the lucky stiff
Why the lucky stiff
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. Lowrey
"[T]he whole time I was having this conversation, I was mildy enjoying it, but it bothered me how little substance there was. I always feel this during movie and music conversations, that its entirely constrainted to just naming things...Perhaps the greatest pain of it is how shallow it is compared to the actual experience."
"And so, reaching futilely for answers, they blame the trees!"
"Sometimes I do believe in predestination. I feel helpless to do anything but what I am compelled to do."
"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.)"
"This was incredibly foolish. To live just to die. And to die so easily."
"Realitys kind of a medium, maybe greater than paper. We all want life to have the same texture that we read about in novels."
"There is no use in trying to judge everything but the condition you are in right now. You are absolutely delusional if you think that you know anything right now."
