Someone really ought to nominate Sebastian McKenzie, who made a little JS tool called Babel that one or two people reading HN have probably used. [Edit: What's

Someone really ought to nominate Sebastian McKenzie, who made a little JS tool called Babel that one or two people reading HN have probably used. [Edit: What's with the downvotes? Surely Babel qualifies as an inspirational project of this type, and Sebastian himself is impressive for producing something that has arguably shaped an entire industry at such a young age and, for a considerable time, developing it pretty much all on his own.]