diff --git a/docs/_posts/2021-09-14-goodbye-dear-frank.markdown b/docs/_posts/2021-09-14-goodbye-dear-frank.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000..60d352a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/_posts/2021-09-14-goodbye-dear-frank.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +--- +title: 'Goodbye, Dear Frank.' +date: 2021-09-14 11:28:02 -0500 +author: ashmaroli +categories: [team, community] +--- + +Over the weekend, the Jekyll core team learned of the passing of one of our own: *Frank Taillandier*, popularly known +by his GitHub username @DirtyF. + +Ruby not being his forte, he chose to avoid code-level changes and instead focus on what he did best — *engage with +the community*. + +He helped resolve complaints reported on the GitHub issue tracker, ensured that Jekyll documentation remained simple for +novice users yet detailed enough for advanced users seeking additional information. + +He also served as the administrator for Jekyll's public [discourse forum](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/) where he not only +addressed queries from users and provided tips to improve Jekyll workflow, he also shared feedback on Jekyll sites +created by the community, and used the forum as a platform to gather feedback on unreleased iterations of Jekyll and +in-house plugins. + +Abreast with latest developments in the Web-verse, Frank was always quick to introduce technologies that vastly improved +maintenance in the Jekyll organization. He was instrumental in setting up deploy previews for patches to Jekyll's +documentation site and later wiring GitHub Actions to handle continuous integrations for Jekyll and in-house projects. + +In spite of spiritually moving away from Jekyll during the later part of his career, choosing to concentrate efforts on +furthering JAMstack projects, he greatly remained active on Jekyll's development channel on Slack relaying key feedback +from the community or discuss concerns regarding the future of Jekyll at length. + +Having untimely left Jekyll and our community with an unfillable void, he will be missed immensely. :broken_heart: + +Rest in Peace, friend and colleague. :bouquet: