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yyx990803/remembering-haoel — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2023-05-17

15Audience · generalComplexity · 1/5DormantSetup · easy

TL;DR

A crowdsourced memorial collecting personal stories about software engineer Chen Hao (haoel) into a handbook for his children.

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Collects memories
      Compiles into handbook
      Honors a person's legacy
    Tech stack
      Markdown
      GitHub pull requests
    Use cases
      Share a memory
      Read others stories
      Preserve his legacy
    Audience
      Friends and colleagues
      Community members
    Contents
      Eight accounts so far
      Tweets and talks planned

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Submit a personal memory or story about Chen Hao via a pull request.

REASON 2

Read the collected accounts from colleagues and friends who knew him.

REASON 3

Contribute photos or materials that document his life and work.

REASON 4

Follow the project as it compiles his tweets and talks over time.

What's in the stack?

Markdown

How it stacks up

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Stars151515
LanguagePython
Last pushed2023-05-17
MaintenanceDormant
Setup difficultyeasyeasymoderate
Complexity1/51/53/5
Audiencegeneraldeveloperdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
No license information is provided in the explanation.

Wtf does this do

This repository is a memorial space where people who knew Chen Hao (陈皓), a respected software engineer known online as "haoel," can share their personal memories and stories about him. It's designed to collect these recollections into a beautiful handbook that will eventually be given to his children, so they can understand what an accomplished and admired person their father was. The way it works is straightforward. Anyone who knew Chen Hao or worked with him can contribute by submitting a pull request (a way to propose changes on GitHub) with a story or memory. Each contribution goes into its own folder, typically named after the contributor's GitHub username, and contains a Markdown file with the memory along with any photos they want to include. Once a contribution is accepted, it gets added to the repository's index so others can easily find and read all the different stories. The repository currently holds eight personal accounts from people including fellow developers and colleagues who interacted with Chen Hao in various contexts. Beyond just collecting written memories, the project also plans to compile his tweets, organize links to his technical talks and other videos, and gather additional materials that document his life and work. This is a crowdsourced effort to preserve and celebrate someone's legacy through the voices of the people who knew him best, a way for the open-source and tech community to honor his contributions and character.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Help me format a memory of someone into a Markdown file matching this repo's contribution style.
Prompt 2
Walk me through submitting a pull request to add my story to this memorial repo.
Prompt 3
Summarize the stories currently in this repo about who Chen Hao was.
Prompt 4
Help me organize photos alongside a written memory folder for this repo.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is remembering-haoel?

A crowdsourced memorial collecting personal stories about software engineer Chen Hao (haoel) into a handbook for his children.

Is remembering-haoel actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2023-05-17).

What license does remembering-haoel use?

No license information is provided in the explanation.

How hard is remembering-haoel to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is remembering-haoel for?

Mainly general.

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