I cant' believe it's almost 10 years since he died. My favorite quote of his is "Who needs a bucket list when you have love?”
I wish more people would take his ideas seriously, especially his "Collective Code Construction Contract".
That's such a great quote. Unexpected and fitting.
I learned about 0mq a few years back, found myself wondering why it had such an air of quality. Then I found Hitnjens' writing, only to learn that he had been gone for a while. I was surprised by my sense of loss.