title: Ben Noordhuis's Departure date: Tue Dec 3 14:13:57 PST 2013 slug: bnoordhuis-departure

As of this past weekend, Ben Noordhuis has decided to step away from Node.js and libuv, and is no longer acting as a core committer.

Ben has done a tremendous amount of great work in the past. We're sad to lose the benefit of his continued hard work and expertise, and extremely grateful for what he has added to Node.js and libuv over the years.

Many of you already have expressed your opinion regarding recent drama, and I'd like to ask that you please respect our wishes to let this issue rest, so that we can all focus on the road forward.

Thanks.