typesafe-i18n is UNMAINTAINED - Ivan Hofer passed away

[samuelstroschein]

Hi everyone,

Ivan Hofer passed away.

As a college, TypeScript master, i18n enthusiast, and Svelte lover, Ivan is deeply missed. Ivan Hofer invested a lot of time into typesafe-i18n, answering many questions and improving the library.

What will happen to typesafe-i18n?

If nobody steps forward to fork the repository, typesafe-i18n is unmaintained.

What library should I use?

1. Typesafe-i18n is stable, as indicated by the number of open issues, and might still be a fit for your project.
2. The suggestion for an i18n solution is stack-dependent. Thus, it's best to google "i18n for Svelte, React, Vue, etc." to find an appropriate solution.
3. Consider Inlang paraglide, the typesafe-i18n successor that Ivan Hofer was worked on.

[bangdragon]

Oh it is sad

[bangdragon]

@samuelstroschein why he passed away

[samuelstroschein]

@bangdragon He participated in a mountain marathon and was found dead a few kilometers before the finish line. The reason for his collapse is unknown. Here is a newspaper article.

[multiplehats]

Man, that's so sad. May he rest in peace.

❤️

[bangdragon]

Did he take covid vaccine?

[trapeye]

stay safe everyone, At least he contributed a good deed and helped so many people because of this repo, before he passed away

[bangdragon]

stay safe everyone, At least he contributed a good deed and helped so many people because of this repo, before he passed away

Look at reality so you can be alive is better than die and don't know why

[BRGustavoRibeiro]

May he rest in peace. A huge loss for our community and the world. My condolences and all the love and support to the family and the TS/Svelte/Inlang community.

[blagowtf]

Rest in peace

[anhtuank7c]

Rest in peace. We all love you.

[penjj]

RIP

[sshmaxime]

RIP

[oscard0m]

I invoke this community to vote for @ivanhofer as a GitHub star: https://stars.github.com/nominate/

It would be a nice tribute to him and his work.

[dominic-schmid]

Ruhe in Frieden Ivan

[oliverjohns]

RIP King

[aloker]

I just learned about this. Rest in peace, Ivan. My condolences to his friends and family.

[Pukimaa]

RIP

[the-night-wing]

stay safe everyone, At least he contributed a good deed and helped so many people because of this repo, before he passed away

Look at reality so you can be alive is better than die and don't know why

Go f*ck yourself, man. True, nobody knows what happened there and whether covid/vaccines affected him, but show some respect. Since you're in this repo - his work helped you in some way, so don't be a dickhead and filter your speech

RIP, Ivan

[bangdragon]

stay safe everyone, At least he contributed a good deed and helped so many people because of this repo, before he passed away

Look at reality so you can be alive is better than die and don't know why

Go f*ck yourself, man. True, nobody knows what happened there and whether covid/vaccines affected him, but show some respect. Since you're in this repo - his work helped you in some way, so don't be a dickhead and filter your speech

RIP, Ivan

I just want people to get rid of vc. This can cause de ath

[jbergstroem]

My condolences to Ivan's family and girlfriend. His contributions and low latency feedback was an inspiration for the i18n and {type,java}script communites.

You will be remembered, Ivan. 🌹

[raremiroir]

All my condoleances go to his relatives and friends, and I would love to thank him thoroughly for all the great work he's done and the input he has provided as a respected web developer among us.

[seho-dev]

RIP

[anthonylaflamme]

@samuelstroschein how far is the paraglide-js lib now ? I saw you had a pre release recently.

[samuelstroschein]

@anthonylaflamme it is in pre-release with many users using it already https://inlang.com/m/gerre34r/library-inlang-paraglideJs

[akopachov]

RIP

[vladev]

RIP. Sad. @samuelstroschein Can you update the README to warn the repo is unmaintained?

[codenoid]

RIP

[samuelstroschein]

@vladev Unfortunately, nobody has maintenance rights other than Ivan Hofer's GitHub account

[codenoid]

cc @nat @github his legacy must remains exist

[03x6]

@vladev Unfortunately, nobody has maintenance rights other than Ivan Hofer's GitHub account

my 2 cents would be the github deceased user policy

Also depending on how close ur relationship was you may be able to provide enough proof to atleast get the repo archived and a notice added from githubs side. some smaller news outlets did cover it, first thing that comes up when googleing him nowadays. Maybe thats sufficient.

may he rest in peace