I remember interacting with Jim Parry, once, and it was memorable. I'll never forget him. He was one of a kind, almost like the Bob Ross of CodeIgniter.
He had a genuine interest in some feelings I had about CI and asked me to provide more feedback. I remember not following up on that because I got burned out and I took a break from CI; now I feel bad about that, even though I probably shouldn't.
I would like to see quotes of him spread across the source code of CI for all future versions, which might be a silly idea, but it's something that comes to mind at the moment--inspired by what sv3tli0 said (above).