Paul Lutus...

Here's a story about (and by) Paul Lutus, a famous programmer – the guy who wrote Apple Writer.  The lede:

You may have heard about me. In the computer business I'm known as the Oregon Hermit. According to rumor, I write personal computer programs in solitude, shunning food and sleep in endless fugues of work. I hang up on important callers in order to keep the next few programming ideas from evaporating, and I live on the end of a dirt road in the wilderness. I'm here to tell you these vicious rumors are true.

Those of you who know me well will probably be unsurprised that some of what Lutus has to say resonates strongly with me.  I can easily imagine being a “programming hermit”...