nxadm<p>I have been extremely busy lately and hadn't checked IRC for at least a week. Today I connected again and heard mst passed away. I will miss him. A sad day for the Perl community.</p><p>Yes, mst was at the same famous and infamous his technical brilliance and humor, and for getting into trouble for verbal abuse. More than once. The beautiful words of Curtis will be recognizable for many people that knew him.</p><p>I met mst several times. At Perl conferences in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK and through the Perl devroom I used to organize with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@WGAvanDijk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WGAvanDijk</span></a></span>. Going to dinner of to a pub was fun, but organizing something where mst was speaking was stressful :).</p><p>Despite these occasional meetings, how I will really remember mst is through our many IRC chats. They were mostly related to community stuff, but after a while you know each other and conversation become more fun and casual.</p><p>Thinking of those conversations, mst struck me as very, sometime painfully, honest. When he fucked up, he acknowledged it. And regretted it. When he felt he wasn't at fault -while more than once some people assumed he was- he took the time to explain his position and clarify the doubts I had. I always appreciated that.</p><p>mst has been away from IRC for some months and many if us -rightly- assumed it was because he was working on health issues and needed the mental rest.</p><p>Dying at **42**, that felt so mst.</p><p><a href="https://curtispoe.org/blog/rip-mst.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">curtispoe.org/blog/rip-mst.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perl</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a></p>