I met Bob directly, when Jesse Wilson and I presented our plans and approaches around Dagger (a spiritual descendent of Guice, to be sure) to him. He was gracious and excited for us. I also seemed to trail his path, as I came later to Google, and then later to Square/Cashapp/Block, several times working with former teammates of Crazy Bob. He was, in my limited experience, just a really generous and enthusiastic person, and a lot of my career choices followed paths he initial laid down, and I built on. I have mad respect for him, and too many of my colleagues are in real grief right now, those who knew him better than I did. I'm sorry for his family. This is senseless and tragic.