_why is no more

#1

Post by Jeremysr » Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 5:06 PM UTC

Re: _why is no more

#2

Post by Jeremysr » Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 5:07 PM UTC

I just noticed that _why apparently deleted his twitter account. I then found that that wasn't all he deleted:

http://twitter.com/_why http://github.com/why http://whytheluckystiff.net/ http://poignantguide.net/ http://hackety.org/ http://shoooes.net/

All disappeared...

For those who don't know who I'm talking about: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff

Re: _why is no more

#3

Post by grandalf » Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 5:14 PM UTC

I noticed that people had been ripping on his code a bit lately... I think the Ruby community's embrace of Nokogiri really hurt the man's feelings.

_why has been a great contributor to the Ruby community... let's hope he reincarnates himself :)

Re: _why is no more

#4

Post by DanielStraight » Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 5:15 PM UTC

Well that sort of ruins one's day. I hope everything is alright with him.

Re: _why is no more

#5

Post by loincloth » Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 5:18 PM UTC

Jeremysr wrote: post #2

I just noticed that _why apparently deleted his twitter account. I then found that that wasn't all he deleted: http://twitter.com/_why http://github.com/why http://whytheluckystiff.net/ http://poignantguide.net/ http://hackety.org/ http://shoooes.net/ All disappeared... For those who don't know who I'm talking about: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff

Whoa. Scary.

Re: _why is no more

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Post by carbon8 » Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 5:22 PM UTC

Apparently he tweeted this yesterday (quoted from a retweet): "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."

But _why's contributions are largely irreplaceable. Yeah, software evolves and individual projects might be supplanted by others, but his contributions go way beyond simply writing functioning code.

Re: _why is no more

#7

Post by defunkt » Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 5:26 PM UTC

Jeremysr wrote: post #2

I just noticed that _why apparently deleted his twitter account. I then found that that wasn't all he deleted: http://twitter.com/_why http://github.com/why http://whytheluckystiff.net/ http://poignantguide.net/ http://hackety.org/ http://shoooes.net/ All disappeared... For those who don't know who I'm talking about: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff

http://hacketyhack.net/ also

This is a sad day.

Re: _why is no more

#8

Post by judofyr » Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 5:28 PM UTC

Jeremysr wrote: post #2

I just noticed that _why apparently deleted his twitter account. I then found that that wasn't all he deleted: http://twitter.com/_why http://github.com/why http://whytheluckystiff.net/ http://poignantguide.net/ http://hackety.org/ http://shoooes.net/ All disappeared... For those who don't know who I'm talking about: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff

http://redhanded.hobix.com/ too :(

Re: _why is no more

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Post by pavelludiq » Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 5:29 PM UTC

defunkt wrote: post #7

Jeremysr wrote: post #2

I just noticed that _why apparently deleted his twitter account. I then found that that wasn't all he deleted: http://twitter.com/_why http://github.com/why http://whytheluckystiff.net/ http://poignantguide.net/ http://hackety.org/ http://shoooes.net/ All disappeared... For those who don't know who I'm talking about: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff

http://hacketyhack.net/ also This is a sad day.

http://tryruby.hobix.com/ too. THIS IS BAD!

Re: _why is no more

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Post by arghnoname » Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 5:29 PM UTC

carbon8 wrote: post #6

Apparently he tweeted this yesterday (quoted from a retweet): "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." But _why's contributions are largely irreplaceable. Yeah, software evolves and individual projects might be supplanted by others, but his contributions go way beyond simply writing functioning code.

I'm not in the ruby world, so perhaps that's why his contributions have largely been outside my sphere and there may be a great deal I'm unaware of. That said, when someone goes and removes their repositories and whatever other traces of their workproduct they have access to (as is their right), it might make people reluctant to use their products in the future (assuming they return).