That's devastating news. I've looked up to Roman ever since I first had the privilege to hear him speak about coroutines at the first KotlinConf. He's a great communicator, he has an incredible wealth of knowledge and expertise in language and library design, and it's obvious that his voice has been a huge driving force in making Kotlin what it is today. Roman, you'll be sorely missed.

He will definitely be missed

This is such sad news.

that's another great loss after Andrey Breslav 😞

is there any follow up?

What kind of follow up were you looking for?

I would expect some official statement/blog, with implications and future plans

@kqr We have a great team at JetBrains with over 150 people working on and taking care of Kotlin and its ecosystem. None of that changes and work continues as planned.