In Memoriam: Noah Gibbs
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In Memoriam: Noah Gibbs
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#2Over a decade ago I was a summer intern on the same team as Noah. I was a pretty clueless college student with no real work experience on a team of real experienced rockstars. It was a long time ago, but I still remember how kind and helpful he was. I barely knew what a terminal was, but I remember him walking over to my desk or going over to his, and having him explain things so cheerfully and patiently. He was so genuinely thoughtful and kind. Folks like Noah help shape the careers of the next generation and can make tech a good place to work. Rest in peace.
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#3I didn't know him well, but I interacted with him a few times. I liked him, and I enjoyed his book Rebuilding Rails.
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#4I went to college with him, but we didn’t know each other well. Talked Ruby and “does it scale” once, he had what’s still one of my favorite comments - something along the lines of: “Ruby is easy to write, and so it’s also easy to rewrite. You don’t need to worry so much about getting it right the first time.”
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#5Does anyone know what happened? I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere. He was posting about breaking his ankle while skiing and a few days later we have the sad news.
We first lost Chris Seaton not long ago and now Noah from the Ruby Community. I will copy what Nate ( Maintainer of Puma ) wrote about Noah down below.
Noah was: A member of the YJIT team.
The author of "Rebuilding Rails"
The creator of the Rails Ruby Bench.
His big dream in life was to help build the Ruby community up. He wanted to be like the folks who worked to create the railroads during the industrial revolution. He thought Ruby was the best way to do (fill in the blank) and he wanted to share his knowledge as widely as possible. His kindness and generosity extended into every corner of his life.
Noah's passing was sudden and very fast. He did not suffer. He is survived by his wife and children.
Noah's wife has asked me to collect stories about Noah for the benefit of his children. They couldn't see how deep and complex and layered his life was, and she would like them to be able to understand that some day.
And If you have a story about Noah, please share it in this Google form [1] . You can read about some of those stories on Reddit in [2]
[1] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQgRPWa7AjjfrOJKjg...
[2] https://old.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1hmynb3/noah_gibbs_co...
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#6another ex-CMU classmate here. didn't know him well, but always struck me as a very kind and well-liked person. i suppose there's a reason i remember his name 30 years later. my condolences to his family + loved ones.
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#7Does anyone know what happened? I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere. He was posting about breaking his ankle while skiing and a few days later we have the sad news. We first lost Chris Seaton not long ago and now Noah from the Ruby Community. I will copy what Nate ( Maintainer of Puma ) wrote about Noah down below. Noah was: A member of the YJIT team. The author of "Rebuilding Rails" The creator of the Rails Ruby Be…
It appears that the stories shared are being posted to his Facebook account.
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#8In 2014 I was just learning how to program, and sent Noah a cold email with a question. He took the time to respond to me with an essay. He was kind and helpful. Rest in peace
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#9I met Noah at my first Ruby conference. I didn't know anyone, but he was very friendly and didn't seem to mind that I tagged along with him between sessions for a few hours.
I thought he was just a nice guy; it wasn't until he took the stage and started presenting benchmark methodology that I realized how valuable his technical work was for the community, too.
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#10For some reason seeing a fellow developer pass always hits me hard, even if I didn't know them at all. Especially a fellow Ruby dev.
There's that quiet voice that's always in the back of my head somewhere reminding me a little louder that we're all going to the same place eventually (some sooner than others).
Part of me feels like the reminder should help me reduce the stress of the daily grind. The reminder that it doesn't really matter how good or bad my code is, or how frustrated I am at management, or how many deadlines I have. But it seems to have the opposite effect often: the stress remains, and then I have the extra tension of "but life is short, why can't I release this stress and enjoy the journey?!"
Condolences to Noah's friends and family! He seems to have touched a lot of people's lives.