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Ben Halpern

This is so sad to hear about.

Chris was one of the first people to ever be featured on DEV (Back when the only author was me, so I mostly did interviews).

He was one of the first because he replied to the email, and was kind enough with his time.

Chris influenced me to better understand Ruby development, and programming in general — particularly related to performance.

I'd never met Chris IRL, but absolutely loved him from all our interactions — our last of which was a DM exchange about YouTube ads.

I am deeply saddened, and I will take this as an opportunity to ensure I not be shy to let people know when they have had a major positive influence on me — like Chris had.