People

The people whose names get invoked over and over in Ruby's history.

• _why the lucky stiff

  The artist who made Ruby feel like play, then vanished.

• Aaron Patterson ("tenderlove")

  On both the Ruby and Rails core teams, and the community's favorite comedian.

• David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH)

  Created Rails, which is how most people meet Ruby, and a lightning rod for strong opinions.

• Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto

  The creator who decided a programming language should make you happy.