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I don't know when I met Bob. It was just as he was joining Google, and like many others, we met at conferences and instantly hit it off (for entirely unclear reasons). He liked the BileBlog, and delighted in how immature and childish it was, with all the poo flinging and whatnot. He'd always egg me on to go further, say worse things, poke more fun at everyone.

Whenever we met up, Bob would drag me kick and screaming out of my comfort zone. Somehow, everything I did with Bob always seemed like a bad idea but always turned out to be memorable and wickedly fun. He was so enthusiastic for life, and his enthusiasm was infectious.

I remember talking to him when he got the Square CTO offer, and him giggling about how uniquely unqualified he felt but hey why not, he's crazybob so no matter what happens he'll have fun. He took me on a tour of the NYC office, and was bemused by how silly it was that he was supposed to be the adult in the room.

Somehow amidst all the fun, we still managed to find time to discuss all things Java, from the politics of the JCP to why Guice refused to support @PostConstruct to the clever hackery he figured out to get Guice to have useful error messages when bindings failed.

I'll miss you Bob, you were a bright beacon of joy that inspired everyone around you.