It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of Steve Casner. Steve died in his sleep a few days ago on July 4th, losing his fight to cancer. After discussions online, I was fortunate to first meet Steve at the Tesla Motors Club event in San Jose, back in 2013. We jokingly called ourselves ’the old timers’ back then, as original Tesla Roadster owners. I loved to hear Steve’s stories about the early days with Tesla and see his collection of mementos from that time. In the picture below, Steve is on the left, and the award we are holding is the Car Of The Year award for Tesla Model S. Over the years, Steve became a core contributor to the OVMS v3 code, and was instrumental in so many fundamental functions. Every time anyone, anywhere, issues a command to an OVMS module it is Steve’s code that will process it. Over the years he made more than 300 code contributions to the project, and provided so much more with his thoughtful advise and experience. He lives on with us all through this work, and I know that I for one will always think of him. RIP Steve. Regards, Mark
Mark, Thank you for sharing this very sad news. Steve is definitely one of the heroes of the OVMS and Roadster community. Condolences to his family and close friends. He will be remembered often and with fondness. He receives the greatest of epitaphs—he leaves us much better off than he found us due to his considerable contributions. Thanks, again. Chip
On Jul 7, 2022, at 5:19 PM, Mark Webb-Johnson <mark@webb-johnson.net> wrote:
It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of Steve Casner.
Steve died in his sleep a few days ago on July 4th, losing his fight to cancer.
After discussions online, I was fortunate to first meet Steve at the Tesla Motors Club event in San Jose, back in 2013. We jokingly called ourselves ’the old timers’ back then, as original Tesla Roadster owners. I loved to hear Steve’s stories about the early days with Tesla and see his collection of mementos from that time. In the picture below, Steve is on the left, and the award we are holding is the Car Of The Year award for Tesla Model S.
Over the years, Steve became a core contributor to the OVMS v3 code, and was instrumental in so many fundamental functions. Every time anyone, anywhere, issues a command to an OVMS module it is Steve’s code that will process it. Over the years he made more than 300 code contributions to the project, and provided so much more with his thoughtful advise and experience. He lives on with us all through this work, and I know that I for one will always think of him.
RIP Steve.
Regards, Mark
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I sadly haven't had the chance to meet him in real life, but I like to believe I knew him well through his code, ideas and always helpful comments. To me he was a brilliant mind with clear goals and strong will. He was a great teacher, spotting and exposing any weak or poorly designed concept, and offering very profound knowledge and wisdom to do better. Future software engineers around the world will learn how to improve themselves and their work from reading his contributions. Now knowing he was still active here while already fighting hard against cancer, I appreciate his work and attitude even more. I wish I'll have his strength when I once need it. RIP Steve, you're gonna be missed. Michael Am 08.07.22 um 02:19 schrieb Mark Webb-Johnson:
It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of Steve Casner.
Steve died in his sleep a few days ago on July 4th, losing his fight to cancer.
After discussions online, I was fortunate to first meet Steve at the Tesla Motors Club event in San Jose, back in 2013. We jokingly called ourselves ’the old timers’ back then, as original Tesla Roadster owners. I loved to hear Steve’s stories about the early days with Tesla and see his collection of mementos from that time. In the picture below, Steve is on the left, and the award we are holding is the Car Of The Year award for Tesla Model S.
Over the years, Steve became a core contributor to the OVMS v3 code, and was instrumental in so many fundamental functions. Every time anyone, anywhere, issues a command to an OVMS module it is Steve’s code that will process it. Over the years he made more than 300 code contributions to the project, and provided so much more with his thoughtful advise and experience. He lives on with us all through this work, and I know that I for one will always think of him.
RIP Steve.
Regards, Mark
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Thanks for sharing this truly sad news. This is a great loss to the Roadster and OVMS communities. I will miss Steve's postings and technical contributions, but he will continue to be an inspiration. My condolences to Steve's family and close friends. Einar On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 2:20 AM Mark Webb-Johnson <mark@webb-johnson.net> wrote:
It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of Steve Casner.
Steve died in his sleep a few days ago on July 4th, losing his fight to cancer.
After discussions online, I was fortunate to first meet Steve at the Tesla Motors Club event in San Jose, back in 2013. We jokingly called ourselves ’the old timers’ back then, as original Tesla Roadster owners. I loved to hear Steve’s stories about the early days with Tesla and see his collection of mementos from that time. In the picture below, Steve is on the left, and the award we are holding is the Car Of The Year award for Tesla Model S.
Over the years, Steve became a core contributor to the OVMS v3 code, and was instrumental in so many fundamental functions. Every time anyone, anywhere, issues a command to an OVMS module it is Steve’s code that will process it. Over the years he made more than 300 code contributions to the project, and provided so much more with his thoughtful advise and experience. He lives on with us all through this work, and I know that I for one will always think of him.
RIP Steve.
Regards, Mark
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