I was hugely inspired by his Java stuff too. Guice and I seem to recall then seeing his name on Guava and Android code too. Felt very guilty about 10 years ago

I was hugely inspired by his Java stuff too. Guice and I seem to recall then seeing his name on Guava and Android code too. Felt very guilty about 10 years ago when I won a competition (not sure how competitive it really was, but still) to meet him and Josh Bloch for pizza and Java talk. I think it was because they were attending a conference, but I wasn't able to get there. Still have the email from him, but never did get the chance to meet him. His career seemed to go from something that I could relate to, to stratospheric from there. Absolutely deservedly so from everything I could see. I've roamed around places that have a fairly sketchy reputation but being stabbed at that age seems unfathomable. Terrible loss, tragic for his family.