Why the Lucky Stiff, pseudonymous artist/programmer has deleted his entire body of work from the internet, including his blogs, github, and twitter accounts. Many rubyists, including myself, were inspired by his work. His style and talent were unique, not just in the Ruby community, but in the whole world of software development.

John Resig wrote about the disappearance:

_why – even in his code – was eccentric, humorous, cute, and whimsical. He relished his ability to express his art and was extremely good at it, at the same time.

Underlying the layer of whimsy that permeated his work there was a more serious tone: expression, simplicity, and education. In all of his code, and writing, he was constantly trying to find ways to bring the art of hacking to more people – to younger people – to simplify the complexities that normally permeate development.