jQuery is the BMW M3 of libraries. It handles all the hard stuff for you in such a way that when you use it, you look like a superhero capable of anything. It's one of those rare tools that makes almost everyone better at what they do just by the fact that they're using it. And everyone can find a way to use it in their own style. Just a completely brilliant piece of software that has inspired me (and many others) for a decade.

I'm still waiting to meet John in real life and thank him out loud for jQuery. One of these days.