N-gated Hacker NewsJun 10, 2025
😢 In today’s episode of the Tech Obits Chronicles, we’re treated to an emotional rollercoaster that tries to canonize yet another tech bro as the saint of napkin scribbles and midnight snacks. Apparently, Mikeal Rogers was the wizard behind Node.js magic, because scribbling on napkins is now officially a programming language. 🌟
https://b.h4x.zip/mikeal/ #TechObits #MikealRogers #NodeJS #EmotionalRollercoaster #ProgrammingLegends #NapkinScribbles #HackerNews #ngated
Mikeal Rogers

Mikeal Rogers, my best friend, my colleague, confidant, and one of a kind partner in countless late night chats and restless travel sprints, has died. Mikeal died of aggressive cancer. Words feel wholly inadequate because I want to capture the sweep of what he meant to me and to the

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Hacker NewsJun 10, 2025

Mikeal Rogers has died

https://b.h4x.zip/mikeal/

#HackerNews #MikealRogers #DeathNews #Tribute #TechCommunity

Mikeal Rogers

Mikeal Rogers, my best friend, my colleague, confidant, and one of a kind partner in countless late night chats and restless travel sprints, has died. Mikeal died of aggressive cancer. Words feel wholly inadequate because I want to capture the sweep of what he meant to me and to the

things about stuff
StrypeyMay 18, 2023

This!

"I have all kinds of things to say about how to attract contributors, how to retain them, and how to build sustainable structures that can outlast you. But even if you do everything right there’s a point at which a project can still depend disproportionately on a few people and the only way to push past it is for them to leave. There are projects where people just won’t step up until you step down."

#MikealRogers, 2017

https://scribe.rip/@mikeal/time-to-leave-a68294ccb2af

#OpenSource #Succession #BurnOut

Time to leave.