Automattic Honors Eric Binnion with a 30-Day Nginx Header and a Mourning Band
RIP Eric Binnion
Matt Mullenweg pays tribute to Eric Binnion, the 21st recipient of Automattic's Distinguished Janitor Award. For 30 days, a few billion users will see an extra header in his honor, and Automattic.com will wear a mourning band. Mullenweg shares a personal note he wrote to Eric during chemotherapy, reflecting on tungsten's resilience as a metaphor for Eric's character.
Tungsten has an atomic number of 74, its symbol is W, and it's also known as wolfram. My next post I've had in drafts for a while so please try to imagine me happy and promotional when reading it, but otherwise, I'm wrecked. Just going to soldier through because that's what Eric always did.