GoKawiilLLVM compiler contributor Johannes Doerfert dies at 36
Johannes Doerfert, a prominent contributor to the LLVM compiler project, died on September 17, 2026 after a battle with cancer, according to LLVM Foundation president Tanya Lattner. Doerfert earned his Ph.D. from Saarland University in 2018, had contributed to LLVM since 2014 and to the Polly polyhedral-optimization project since 2012, and later became LLVM's code owner for OpenMP target offloading in 2021.