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functional.cafe is an instance for people interested in functional programming and languages.

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So, while I do respect this person’s right to disappear, if they’re a real person — I’m also immediately concerned about whether this was even a legitimate tool in the first place.

A quick dig around in the source doesn't yield anything that's obviously suspicious to me; and both versions visible on the AMO match the contents of the respective git tags. o I'm closing this out believing that, yes, this person really did just opt to remove themselves from the Internet; and this really was just a project that died when they left.