[HN Gopher] Luiz Andre Barroso has died
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Luiz Andre Barroso has died
Author : martyvis
Score : 254 points
Date : 2023-11-23 09:53 UTC (13 hours ago)
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| dmwilcox wrote:
| I loved Luiz, I worked for him in platforms (his datacenter
| development department). He was truly one of the kindest people I
| have ever met. I deeply miss our banter around the coffee machine
| and am saddened the last time is past.
|
| We've lost another great pioneer and human in our tribe. Pour out
| a beautiful coffee for Luiz
| heresie-dabord wrote:
| Let there be more Kindness... May one ask for an example of his
| kindness, if you would share?
| DannyBee wrote:
| +10000. Genuinely one of the best humans i've met.
| wyclif wrote:
| The book he wrote about datacenters is something people
| interested in the subject should read:
| https://www.amazon.com/dp/303100633X/
| underdeserver wrote:
| Discussed a couple of months ago, when it happened:
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37606775
| rob74 wrote:
| It's strange for an obituary to be two months late...
| mediumsmart wrote:
| it says in the september article from wired establishing the
| cause of death may take weeks, is it mentioned somewhere now?
| stef25 wrote:
| In the article:
|
| > He died unexpectedly of natural causes
| dgrr19 wrote:
| Does it have anything to do with recent pandemic events?
| mediumsmart wrote:
| yes, the ones that will take weeks to establish. are the
| results mentioned somewhere now?
| mathgeek wrote:
| This isn't one obituary. It's a list of members who died,
| with his name being the first listed.
| ale42 wrote:
| The article tags say it's one, though...
| remus wrote:
| Outside of major public figures it's not that unusual.
| Writing an obit. takes time, especially for lesser known
| figures where you may need to contact friends and family (who
| may be grieving) for information about the person's life.
| detourdog wrote:
| ieee writing an obituary is really a different context than
| the Daily Beagle running obituary.
| asveikau wrote:
| Unless they publish infrequently.
| Oras wrote:
| The heroes we don't usually hear about. RIP.
| bo-tao wrote:
| Seems too young, may he rest in peace
| croes wrote:
| Typo in the article title
|
| >Pioneer of Google's Data Centers Dies at 58
|
| He died at 59
| masfuerte wrote:
| TFA contains both ages!
|
| "Senior member, 59; died 16 September"
| matheusmoreira wrote:
| Rest in peace.
| vincnetas wrote:
| ... died 16 September.
|
| Should the title be updated?
| srvmshr wrote:
| I came to know when Jeff Dean tweeted about it in September [1].
| Truly a great loss.
|
| [1]. https://twitter.com/JeffDean/status/1705042899677884630
| vkaku wrote:
| R.I.P.
| meiraleal wrote:
| Looks like he was really loved. A few months ago when it happened
| there were many posts talking about him (which regretfully as a
| Brazilian I didn't know). I wish he had got this much attention
| when he was still alive.
| DannyBee wrote:
| He was definitely loved. He wouldn't have wanted the attention.
| He just enjoyed living his life as him. In that sense, the
| attention is more for the rest of us than him.
| sweet-music wrote:
| This already happened in circ Sept 2023. Great Googler. He kept
| the culture alive. May he rest in peace.
| wyclif wrote:
| It would be interesting if you could talk about the ways he
| "kept the culture alive"; I think a lot of people would be
| interested in reading about that.
| inoffensivename wrote:
| He was the only senior manager I ever had who would walk the
| halls and talk to engineers he bumped into. He would be genuinely
| curious about what we were doing.
|
| Once we were admiring a bird perched in a tree outside the
| window, and he came over to tell us all about it, we all felt his
| genuine enthusiasm.
|
| He was a lovely person and, even though I didn't work directly
| for him, I am sad that he is gone.
| dmoy wrote:
| He had some crazy good bird photographs with really expensive
| camera equipment. Dude was definitely enthusiastic about
| wildlife photography
| 29athrowaway wrote:
| He was into rainforest conservation and stuff, and was from
| Brazil.
| DannyBee wrote:
| Yes. He was a finalist for various serious photography
| contests - we got to talking about it because my friend won
| one with a famous picture that ended up on the cover of
| national geographic (polar bear and cub on ice in the middle
| of nowhere).
|
| His other passion was guitar.
| dekhn wrote:
| and brazillian soccer.
|
| He had rigged up a whole bunch of night cameras at his
| house and shared absolutely amazing pictures of wild cats.
| https://www.facebook.com/LosAltosTownCrier/posts/1015633028
| 9... and lots more: https://www.barroso.org/wildlife.html
|
| absolutely one of my favorite people to hang out with when
| I worked at Google. He was also the promoter of 'roofshots'
| which was about the nicest way I've seen somebody criticize
| Larry Page's unrealistic "moonshots":
|
| """Don't get me wrong. I want flying drones that can bring
| me fresh produce. I'm excited about contact lenses that
| measure blood sugar. And I look forward to the day that
| self-driving cars are on the road everywhere. These
| initiatives are examples of some visionary programs being
| pursued by Google and Alphabet teams, collectively referred
| to as moonshots -- disruptive, 10X leaps in technology. But
| there has been a growing perception that moonshots are the
| primary model for radical innovation at Google, and chiefly
| responsible for our greatest product and technical
| achievements. What I have seen during my 15 years at Google
| does not match that perception. I contend that the bulk of
| our successes have been the result of the methodical,
| relentless, and persistent pursuit of 1.3-2X opportunities
| -- what I have come to call "roofshots".""" Luis Andre
| Barroso -- Google fellow and VP of engineering
| lokar wrote:
| The roofshot manifesto was great, I wish they would
| publish it
| dekhn wrote:
| it used to be on Google's site but the URL redirects now
| :(
|
| Anyway, https://web.archive.org/web/20230922060904/https:
| //rework.wi...
| sweet-music wrote:
| FYI old news. But he was so humble and had gratitude, this was
| exemplified in how he still kept the Google culture alive by
| being transparent in TGIFs.
|
| May his soul rest in peace.
| mupuff1234 wrote:
| Do we know what happened? 59 is a young age.
| malkosta wrote:
| He is from the same university where Lua was invented and still
| maintained nowadays. This Brazilian university has quite a
| history of awesome achievements specially in graphics
| computing...
| nick0garvey wrote:
| His book "The Datacenter as a Computer: An Introduction to the
| Design of Warehouse-Scale Machines" was immensely valuable to me
| as I moved into datacenter management as a new-grad. RIP.
|
| https://research.google/pubs/pub41606/
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