DevOps / SRE / Platform · 17.08.2026, 15:55 UTC
TNS journalist Darryl K. Taft leaves a legacy of respected work and quiet integrity
| Schweregrad | info |
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| Kategorie | DevOps / SRE / Platform |
| Quelle | The New Stack ↗ |
| Veröffentlicht | 17.08.2026 UTC |
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Technology journalist Darryl K. Taft led a long and successful career at several first-rank tech publications and was a highly respected professional with a legacy of thousands of articles. After a short illness, Taft died August 3, 2026. He was 67.
For more than 40 years, Taft covered foundational software concepts as they were still developing, including development, cloud computing, AI, DevOps, and open source. He was a gentle giant in a field and is remembered by fellow journalists, communications leaders, and technologists as much for his interviewing talent and writing ability as for his care, curiosity, generosity, and kindness.
Dr. James Gosling, an IT legend known in the business as the father of Java – the Sun Microsystems protocol that connects most electronic devices on the planet – once said he determined whether a person was good to work with by whether he enjoyed having dinner with them. Turns out that Taft was a favorite tablemate of his.
Before he was a journalist, Taft was a programmer and worked in banking IT and technical documentation. That background gave him a rare ability to make complex tech concepts easy for anyone to understand. He held significant roles at major publications such as eWEEK, TechTarget, and, most recently, The New Stack, where he served as news editor starting in 2021. He wrote and edited thousands of articles and covered many big players, including Microsoft, AWS, Google, Oracle, IBM, Nvidia, and Red Hat.
Industry professionals, from peers to executives, admired his grit, curiosity, and calm, humble demeanor. He was known …