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 has speculated that _why's pseudonym might be an allusion to the exclamation "Why, the lucky stiff!" from The Fountainhead.