Aaron's post was incredibly touching and inspired me to share this https://blog.testdouble.com/posts/2022-12-07-the-best-kind-o...

That was lovely, and put much more eloquently how I feel about Chris than I've managed myself.

We really have lost an exemplar of how to be a member of a community based on knowledge and learning.

I hope he continues to be an inspiration to people in the Ruby world for many years to come.

This bit really chimed with my brief contacts with Chris

> As a college dropout, I’ve always felt underqualified. Embarrassment about my lack of knowledge and credentials has driven me to study hard on my own time. But Chris never once made me feel out of place. Any time I had questions, without judgement, he would take the time to explain things to me.

I never once felt like he looked down on people who knew less than him, he just saw it as an opportunity to share what he knew with them.

In an industry that can sometimes be dominated by arrogant certainty, or people trying to demonstrate their brilliance, he was a breath of fresh air.