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I had been working with Adrian on a proposed framework sub project and to get started he sent me some links to some videos to watch about good API design. As a non technical person I was a bit overwhelmed and joked that by the time I got through all the videos that I would be dreaming about 'APIs'.
He responded 'I always dream about API design!'.
Adrian was so passionate about his work and this is a terrible loss for our community. I was fortunate enough to meet him in person back in 2010 when he flew into Salt Lake solely to hangout with a few of us at HotWax. Myself, Tim Ruppert, Mike Bates and Mridul Pathak met him for a few drinks and we ended up partying with him into the early hours of the morning. He was a great character and I'll sorely miss his presence in the community. Rest in peace Adrian.