Re: [Bloat] [Starlink] In loving memory of Dave Täht <3

[J Pan <Pan@uvic.ca>]

knew dave's work and interacted with him on starlink (he helped us map
the starlink backbone from the lax pop and planned to donate his dish
to a ucsb student project too). rip, dave!
--
J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan@UVic.CA, Web.UVic.CA/~pan

On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM Omer Shapira via Starlink
<starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>
> So sad to hear that Dave passed away.
>
> I worked with him briefly when he was consulting with us, and he was a tremendous help when I was setting up the IAB workshop on network quality.
>
> Dave managed to be kind and stubborn at the same time. Like many people, I learned a lot, and yet not enough from him.
>
> Omer.
>
> P.S. I still hope to wake up tomorrow and to learn that this was an April Fools joke.
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM Spencer Sevilla via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>>
>> I didn’t get a chance to know Dave personally, but sincerely appreciated his insight and technical efforts, as well as the way he just seemed to put out joy in so many forms. I have said multiple times that these listservs have some of the highest quality networking discussion out there, and I think this is in no small part a testament to Dave’s ability to bring people together and get them talking.
>>
>> I would certainly be willing to help support or volunteer effort to keep these listservs running.
>>
>> On Apr 1, 2025, at 18:21, David Lang via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
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>> He will be missed.
>>
>> As a practical question, what is going to happen to all of these lists, etc that he has been hosting?
>>
>> David Lang
>>
>> On Tue, 1 Apr 2025, Frantisek Borsik via Bloat wrote:
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>> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 19:27:36 +0200
>> From: Frantisek Borsik via Bloat <bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net>
>> Reply-To: Frantisek Borsik <frantisek.borsik@gmail.com>
>> To: libreqos <libreqos@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
>>    bloat <bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
>>    Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
>>    Jeremy Austin via Rpm <rpm@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
>>    bloat-ietf@lists.bufferbloat.net, Cake List <cake@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
>>    codel@lists.bufferbloat.net, cerowrt-commits@lists.bufferbloat.net,
>>    cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net, cerowrt-users@lists.bufferbloat.net,
>>    codel-wireless@lists.bufferbloat.net,
>>    Make-Wifi-fast <make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
>>    Network Neutrality is back! Let´s make the technical aspects heard this
>>    time! <nnagain@lists.bufferbloat.net>
>> Cc: Herbert Wolverson <hwolverson@libreqos.io>,
>>    "Frantisek (Frank) Borsik" <frank@libreqos.io>,
>>    Robert Chacón <robert@libreqos.io>
>> Subject: [Bloat] In loving memory of Dave Täht <3
>> Hello to all,
>>
>> We’re devastated to announce that Dave Täht has passed away.
>> <https://libreqos.io/2025/04/01/in-loving-memory-of-dave/>
>>
>> Dave was an amazing man, helping the world with FQ-CoDel and CAKE, fighting
>> bufferbloat and trying to make the world a better place. Always willing to
>> help, and without him – LibreQoS (and the other QoE solutions out there)
>> wouldn’t exist.
>>
>> Dave was an inspiration, and we all miss him. We’re reaching out to family
>> and close friends to see if there’s anything we can do to help.
>>
>> Dave was an inspiration to us. Dave’s contributions to Linux, FQ-CoDel, and
>> CAKE improved internet connectivity around the world for millions of
>> people. Because of him, millions of people now have access to reliable
>> video calls – and in turn, access to loved ones, healthcare, and community.
>> One of Robert’s ISP customers is a kind paraplegic woman who lives in a
>> far-flung rural Colonia around El Paso, Texas. Her reliable access to her
>> doctors through telemedicine, and to her family through FaceTime, was only
>> made possible because of his algorithms. There are millions of cases like
>> hers, where Dave’s contributions have silently enabled human connection and
>> safety. Everything Dave contributed to the world of technology was free and
>> open source, for the betterment of humanity.
>>
>> Dave is the reason that Starlink was able to tackle its latency issues –
>> enabling a generation of young entrepreneurs across the developing world,
>> such as these young folks pictured in the Phillipines, to start their own
>> ISPs to expand internet access to their communities. Dave started work on
>> FQ-CoDel in part because of his own journey working to expand internet
>> access in Nicaragua, so we know he saw that his work had come full-circle
>> and helped so many.
>>
>> We’re incredibly grateful to have Dave as our friend, mentor, and as
>> someone who continuously inspired us – showing us that we could do better
>> for each other in the world, and leverage technology to make that happen.
>> He will be dearly missed.
>>
>> *PS: *Dave is forever in our hearts and souls, in our routers and...in
>> production!
>>
>> *https://github.com/LibreQoE/LibreQoS/pull/684
>> <https://github.com/LibreQoE/LibreQoS/pull/684>*
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Frank
>>
>> Frantisek (Frank) Borsik
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/frantisekborsik
>>
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>>
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