For some reason seeing a fellow developer pass always hits me hard, even if I didn't know them at all. Especially a fellow Ruby dev.

There's that quiet voice that's always in the back of my head somewhere reminding me a little louder that we're all going to the same place eventually (some sooner than others).

Part of me feels like the reminder should help me reduce the stress of the daily grind. The reminder that it doesn't really matter how good or bad my code is, or how frustrated I am at management, or how many deadlines I have. But it seems to have the opposite effect often: the stress remains, and then I have the extra tension of "but life is short, why can't I release this stress and enjoy the journey?!"

Condolences to Noah's friends and family! He seems to have touched a lot of people's lives.