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URI Passing of Joe Mancuso
socketcluster wrote 19 hours 22 min ago:
This is a lovely message, I hope I get a message like that posted on my
open source project when my time comes.
I've always felt like the code I write is a piece of myself; a monument
to leave behind for others to admire and interact with once I'm gone.
For me, software development creates an unmatched feeling of alignment.
The idea that you could be dead and still share this feeling of
alignment with others from beyond the grave is uplifting.
I suppose some people could say similar things about artworks, films or
books. For some people, it's code.
Many people appreciate beautiful art, films, books, buildings even; but
few people appreciate beautiful code. I think it's partly because most
people have never seen beautiful code and partly because beautiful code
doesn't pay the bills when maintenance work is billed by the hour...
Probably why it's rare to begin with; though generally, open source
provides a refuge from this by removing (or reducing) the financial
incentive.
saghm wrote 15 hours 2 min ago:
> Many people appreciate beautiful art, films, books, buildings even;
but few people appreciate beautiful code. I think it's partly because
most people have never seen beautiful code and partly because
beautiful code doesn't pay the bills when maintenance work is billed
by the hour... Probably why it's rare to begin with; though
generally, open source provides a refuge from this by removing (or
reducing) the financial incentive.
I think there's a a bit more of fundamental difference. For art,
film, and books, the output isn't really intended to be functional as
much as aesthetic. Buildings do also have function, but they're also
visually striking even to those who aren't architects. Software
usually has some functional goal beyond just aesthetics, which for
most people makes the code a means to an end rather than the end
itself. Most people generally don't spend a lot of time appreciating
the individual pigments of a painting or the engineering behind
making the skeleton of the building that ensures it stands up either.
cbeach wrote 21 hours 9 min ago:
Thanks for including the context in the title.
RIP, Joe
rootusrootus wrote 21 hours 25 min ago:
I suspect, based only on approximate age, timing of his death, and
location, that this is the same guy: [1] No mention of the software
work, but he sounds like a pretty upstanding guy and a huge loss to his
family and community.
URI [1]: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-coach-joe-mancu...
kristopolous wrote 14 hours 58 min ago:
Just a reminder how responsible healthy people can just go early.
So easy to forget
megamix wrote 11 hours 40 min ago:
Yeah or how wars are...terrible for everyone?
greenavocado wrote 19 hours 51 min ago:
I see he has airborne patches in those pics. My friend that served in
Afghanistan developed two distinct and simultaneous brain tumors
(ultra rare). I suspect it was the burn pits. He told me how he was
burning hundreds of iPads and everything electronic in open pits
there as they were pulling out and that the smoke screwed him up (he
told me shortly after getting back). Then ten years later he's
diagnosed with the brain tumors (now).
dormento wrote 7 hours 0 min ago:
Burn pits? Burning iPads? Is this standard procedure? Just curious.
greenavocado wrote 5 hours 53 min ago:
URI [1]: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/new?q=afghanistan+burn+...
mutagen wrote 20 hours 14 min ago:
Good find! Profile pics match as well.
nubg wrote 22 hours 44 min ago:
Phew, pretty young guy
grugdev42 wrote 1 day ago:
My condolences.
Reminds me that life is short. We should all be thankful and make the
most of what we have.
sergiotapia wrote 1 day ago:
He looks so young in the github profile picture.
Brainspackle wrote 1 day ago:
I am just hearing of Masonite through this post, unfortunately (RIP
Joe.) Now I am interested in it for a personal project I've been
thinking of. Will development continue for this and are all the pieces
in place to keep this project alive or will it fade to dust now?
SoftTalker wrote 23 hours 37 min ago:
It's MIT licensed. So just use it if it interests you.
1970-01-01 wrote 1 day ago:
>Paying my dues to the dirt
Morbid humor is underrated. RIP Joe.
starkparker wrote 14 hours 42 min ago:
Quote source:
URI [1]: https://genius.com/Imagine-dragons-on-top-of-the-world-lyric...
lgl wrote 1 day ago:
I am not a python guy so I did not know this person nor his framework.
But the tone of this message from his peers and the fact that this man
kept working and contributing to open source (and software in general)
until the end is deserving of more than 0 comments on hn.
My condolences to the family, friends and best of luck to the rest of
the team that is working on (t)his framework.
RiP Mr Joe Mancuso.
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