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Matt was complicated. He had high standards for his craft and was very abrasive if he felt you didn't live up to them. Multiple instances he rubbed people the wrong way and would sincerely apologize. He wasn't malicious, just had no filter. The world is not better with his absence. Dude was brilliant and it is a damn shame he died so young.
This article though, is pretty lame. Author half hears about some Perl developer dying and writes an article about how he would have vibed with him. Would it have hurt to actually to have done some research for an obit? You didn't need to use my friend's death as an excuse for an article just because you had a deadline.