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He's the reason why my tiny project became popular and I'm sure many other tech we use today. Thank you Ezra!
RIP Ezra.
It looks like Ezra has been battling an illness for over a year: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/trinitylabs-talk/f8XOageAwcY... I'm very sad to hear such bad news about a great person. :( I learned a lot about developing by hanging out in #merb and #engineyard chatting with Ezra and the crew.
It looks like Ezra has been battling an illness for over a year: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/trinitylabs-talk/f8XOageAwcY... I'm very sad to hear such bad news about a great person. :( I learned a lot about developing by hanging out in #merb and #engineyard chatting with Ezra and the crew.
Do you know what illness that was?
While personally I think it's a missed opportunity to raise awareness of a potentially fatal disease, and a missed chance for the people who admired him to make a final human connection (cause of death is generally considered a necessary element of reaching closure), it's their prerogative to keep it a secret. And if he wanted people to know, he'd probably have addressed the issue.
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Do you know what illness that was?
His colleagues and family went to considerable lengths keeping it out of the spotlight - so we can assume he didn't want people to know. That means it's probably an illness with a significant stigma, likely something with a strong mental component. While personally I think it's a missed opportunity to raise awareness of a potentially fatal disease, and a missed chance for the people who admired him to make a final hu…
"I'm also not jumping back in too quickly as the stress had agravated my recently diagnosed type 2 adult onset diabetes which is what landed me in the hospital." -- Ezra Zygmuntowicz
"@inetdavid type2 adult onset. too much hacking for 18 hours a day drinking red bull and eating fast food. lost 118lbs after diagnosed!" -- Ezra Zygmuntowicz
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/trinitylabs-talk/f8XOageAwcY...
https://twitter.com/ezmobius/status/362228490176692224
How can type 2 diabetes kill a person after only 1 year of being diagnosed? What the hell? :-(
Earlier quoted context omitted.
His colleagues and family went to considerable lengths keeping it out of the spotlight - so we can assume he didn't want people to know. That means it's probably an illness with a significant stigma, likely something with a strong mental component. While personally I think it's a missed opportunity to raise awareness of a potentially fatal disease, and a missed chance for the people who admired him to make a final hu…
Was it diabetes? "I'm also not jumping back in too quickly as the stress had agravated my recently diagnosed type 2 adult onset diabetes which is what landed me in the hospital." -- Ezra Zygmuntowicz "@inetdavid type2 adult onset. too much hacking for 18 hours a day drinking red bull and eating fast food. lost 118lbs after diagnosed!" -- Ezra Zygmuntowicz https://groups.google.com/d/msg/trinitylabs-talk/f8XOageAwcY..…
The way I will always remember Ezra: https://www.flickr.com/photos/adelcambre/2932034431/in/photo... (MerbCamp, 2008)