The Debian project is big enough that I've become accustomed to reading emails titled "The Debian Project mourns the loss of foo". But it was still a shock to read that "The Debian Project mourns the loss of Steve Langasek (vorlon)". My last interaction with him must have been way more than a decade ago, but he was one of those colleagues you can't forget. Our job was not easy at the time, but it would certainly have been much harder without the privilege to work with vorlon. I remember how "disappointed" I felt when he left the release team.
I can't remember any specific interaction with him anymore at this point, so I won't add to everything that's already been written, but for sure, I know of very few developers at vorlon's level.
Congratulations and thank you for what you did and how you did it, Steve🙏