This is sad. I'm not much of a Rubyist, but I leant on Rake quite a bit to automate builds and whatnot.
So very sad to hear about the passing of Ruby legend Jim Weirich
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Re: So very sad to hear about the passing of Ruby legend Jim Weirich
#12Haven't met him... just from watching some of his talks via videos I'll got the impression that we'll need more of these people. He had a great talent to explain things.
A Hacker left us.
R.I.P.
Re: So very sad to hear about the passing of Ruby legend Jim Weirich
#13Wow. This is astounding. I happened to meet him and Dave Thomas a year or so ago, and had lunch with them at a Ruby conference. Incredibly nice and funny guy, who was really smart.
Re: So very sad to hear about the passing of Ruby legend Jim Weirich
#14Very sad to hear. his last commit was only a day ago: https://github.com/jimweirich
Someone spoke to him just yesterday http://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1yfeb7/jim_weirich_cre...
he was hacking as usual
Re: So very sad to hear about the passing of Ruby legend Jim Weirich
#15Very sad to hear. his last commit was only a day ago: https://github.com/jimweirich
Someone spoke to him just yesterday http://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1yfeb7/jim_weirich_cre... he was hacking as usual
He seemed to really get into drones and copters whole heartedly over the past year and appeared to be having a lot of fun with it :-)
Re: So very sad to hear about the passing of Ruby legend Jim Weirich
#16Very sad to hear. his last commit was only a day ago: https://github.com/jimweirich
Last public commit . . . ! Goodbye, Jim.
Re: So very sad to hear about the passing of Ruby legend Jim Weirich
#17http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FITJMJjASUs This talk is a must-see, really shows off Jim Weirich's craft and overall ability to be a great pedagogue.
Yes it is! This talk is absolutely awesome!
Re: So very sad to hear about the passing of Ruby legend Jim Weirich
#18I met him at BigRuby in Dallas, he was kind, knowledgeable, and incredibly intelligent. He was interested in a very wide range of things, and I really enjoyed discussing metallurgy, blacksmithing, controlling drones, ruby, amongst other things. He was always willing to help, even if the problem was beneath him. Rest In Peace Jim, you will be sorely missed.
Re: So very sad to hear about the passing of Ruby legend Jim Weirich
#19Just realised how often when working on some code I will try to contact the original author based on git blame... but in the future, a lot of those people won't be around anymore. I think we usually take for granted that people working on the same project will be here - but in a couple of years "anyone who worked on this module still alive?" may be depressingly more common. Not even from the development perspective,…
Not to detract from the work that this man (or anyone else) has done, but it's very rare for code to survive for very long without an active maintainer before it succumbs to code rot.
Either someone else steps up to the plate and actively maintains the software, or something else will replace it. Source control makes it easier to revisit the past, but it doesn't ensure that the past will continue to stay current.
Re: So very sad to hear about the passing of Ruby legend Jim Weirich
#20My first opensource creation was a port of Jim's wonderful Builder gem. Many thanks Jim for the inspiration you'll be sorely missed.