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> If you are ever looking for someone to aspire to as a software engineer, you should aspire to be like Luiz.

This a million times.

I only interacted with Luiz a few times. They were eye-opening. He was so bright and, at the same time, so kind and supportive!

My team has improved some algorithms he and Jeff Dean popularized. When we presented to him, he asked us excellent questions. But, even though he was far up in our management chain, we never felt attacked nor judged, rather supported and empowered. I told my friend that it felt almost like talking to my grandfather when I was a young boy.

I also really appreciate some of his documents. They dealt with fairly general/philosophical topics (on the nature of software). They were so succinct and yet ... so deep and far-reaching! They left a long-lasting effect on me.

I admired Luiz's ability to connect with others. He showed me how not all truly smart people need to make a display of it.

I'm truly sad he died. And just after Bram...