[LibreQoS] [Bloat] In loving memory of Dave Täht <3

[Sina Khanifar]

Oh gosh. What a huge loss. Dave was a very special kind of person.

I feel sad sad but also grateful that humanity occasionally produces people like Dave (and many of you on this list) who push so hard to make the world and the Internet better.

Rest in peace, and thank you, Dave.

On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 1:32 PM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen < bloat at lists.bufferbloat.net > wrote:

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> Absolutely devastating news. He will be missed! It was an honour to know
> him and work with him; he was a kind and generous person who selflessly
> dedicated his time to making the internet a better place for us all.
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> Wrote a bit of a longer farewell note here:
> https:/ / blog. tohojo. dk/ 2025/ 04/ remembering-dave-t%C3%A4ht. html (
> https://blog.tohojo.dk/2025/04/remembering-dave-t%C3%A4ht.html )
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> -Toke
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> Frantisek Borsik via Bloat < bloat@ lists. bufferbloat. net (
> bloat at lists.bufferbloat.net ) > writes:
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>> Hello to all,
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>> We’re devastated to announce that Dave Täht has passed away.
>> < https:/ / libreqos. io/ 2025/ 04/ 01/ in-loving-memory-of-dave/ (
>> https://libreqos.io/2025/04/01/in-loving-memory-of-dave/ ) >
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> *PS: *Dave is forever in our hearts and souls, in our routers and...in
>> production!
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>> *https:// github. com/ LibreQoE/ LibreQoS/ pull/ 684 (
>> http://github.com/LibreQoE/LibreQoS/pull/684 )
>> < https:/ / github. com/ LibreQoE/ LibreQoS/ pull/ 684 (
>> https://github.com/LibreQoE/LibreQoS/pull/684 ) >*
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>> All the best,
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>> Frank
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>> Frantisek (Frank) Borsik
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