People of Open Source

Posted Jun 19, 2024 21:33 UTC (Wed) by acarno (subscriber, #123476)
Parent article: How free software hijacked Philip Hazel's life

This is a wonderful addition to LWN's coverage. I would love to see more articles about prominent and not-so-prominent open-source developers like Mr. Hazel - I find these deeply meaningful and inspiring. Much appreciated!

People of Open Source

Posted Jun 20, 2024 5:12 UTC (Thu) by maniax (subscriber, #4509) [Link]

And their books, especially technical memories as this one.

People of Open Source

Posted Jun 20, 2024 11:16 UTC (Thu) by andreashappe (subscriber, #4810) [Link] (1 responses)

seconded (:

People of Open Source

Posted Jun 20, 2024 23:39 UTC (Thu) by a9db0 (subscriber, #2181) [Link]

And another second. Great article, and a wonderful addition.

People of Open Source

Posted Jun 20, 2024 12:43 UTC (Thu) by willarddennis (guest, #93806) [Link]

Yes, wonderful article, and a great way to help maintainers like Mr Hazel pass on the leadership role for important projects! More of this please.

People of Open Source

Posted Jun 21, 2024 2:59 UTC (Fri) by wtarreau (subscriber, #51152) [Link] (1 responses)

Agreed as well!

Recommended (re-)reading: David Wells

Posted Jun 22, 2024 3:59 UTC (Sat) by buck (subscriber, #55985) [Link]

Another long-suffering (literally, in this case) and largely unsung hero (if that's the word for it) of the Internet software and operational ecosystem was written up to very dramatic effect in an article that LWN linked to a couple years back:

https://lwn.net/Articles/910418/

It's a link to a New Yorker article, so that should go a long way towards filling the need for sweeping bios, albeit not with quite the same flavor as an LWN piece.

Professor Wells, alas, passed at the beginning of this year:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Mills

People of Open Source

Posted Jun 27, 2024 20:03 UTC (Thu) by jjs (guest, #10315) [Link] (1 responses)

Also +1. Would love to see more stories about open source developers - especially those whose names aren't familiar to most people.

Many thanks

Posted Jun 27, 2024 20:06 UTC (Thu) by jzb (editor, #7867) [Link]

Thanks to everyone for their kind comments about this article. It was a joy to work on, and I'm so pleased that it seems to have been received well. I'll definitely be looking for other folks who have interesting stories to tell. Suggestions always welcome, though I can't make any promises.