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I’ve had some time to think about what to say here; and I’ll be honest... I still don’t know.

I know I loved her very much, I know you loved her, she was everyone’s favorite person. She was everyone’s best friend.

Sandy Boyer took her last breath in the very early hours of August, 11th 2026.

Having gone through the comfort care/hospice process once before I was familiar with this; they describe an “end-of-life rally”. “A sudden, unexpected burst of energy and mental clarity, RARELY lasting over 24 hours”. Sandy’s rally was *9 days* long and we shared it with everyone we could find. (Please know, that I did everything I could to message everyone I saw in her phone and could think of)

All day, every day, we filled that hospital room with old friends, new friends, co-workers from all walks of her life, traveling hours to see her one last time; and we all brought her all of her flowers while she was still here with us receive them and truly feel it. Lots of laughs, lots of tears, lots of smiles. Even though her body was fading, her mind and heart remained sharp until the very last breath. The first thing she’d do when someone new would enter the room is ask about how they or their family was doing, always caring about others first. That’s what she did.

A lot of people continue to thank Bing and I for sharing all of those moments at the end with all of you; the final precious moments and all we had left. But honestly, thank you. I’ve always known she’s meant a lot to a lot of people, but to hear it and see it with over 50+ people that week not only allowed me to get to know my Mom even better; but I’m just so proud, inspired, and thankful that I am her son and I will forever have that. It was so hard, but it was also so very special.

I’m behind where I would have liked to have been with all of this, but let’s celebrate her life and spend some time together. I’ll have more to share soon ahead of it, but want to make sure everyone has the date. Please share as far and wide as you can.

November 21st, 2026
1:30pm
Frontline Community Church
4411 Plainfield Ave NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525

Love you Mom. We’ll be ok, because of you and what you did for all of us. ❤

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@ZahabiAmin36615 @MAXSHOUTS Never heard of you in my life. Still scratching my head at what value you’re bringing to this conversation or any others.

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@ZahabiAmin36615 @MAXSHOUTS Potter is one of the most well known pro counter-strike players to exist. Ever heard of it? I sure as fuck have never heard of “Amin Zahabi”; and probably never will again after this thread. I encourage you to try to accomplish something in your own life and find happiness.

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@UGLnow @Icychiller54 Totally. “Need” is interesting word as it relates to gamers expectations though. It’s a moving target and you can never make anyone truly happy in PC based game communities; happy Smash is of realistic opinions. 🌞

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@seb__design Figma for humans Paper for agents

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@GumerProd Ole Bae

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@C0br4FPS @SirScoots Great! I want that for them. Alternatively, multiple people could spend hundreds of hours of their lives to *LOSE* money, for the passion of a community.

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@SirScoots Every time I see this SBE turd start to float to the top of the water around NA CS events, I just get embarrassed for him, and anyone that associates with him. But you're right @SirScoots... they always come and they always go. I'm sure it won't be long.

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You are completely oblivious to the economics of running events. It's been said by others in this thread; but the dude went from losing more money, to losing slightly less money.

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@Perpetualmaniac You're comparing "threatening" open source software to paid licensed closed source software (Adobe) and pretending that forking repositories is a threat. Is the hope that a portion of your audience will see you as a very strong delicious man? Whats the goal?

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@terkelg Really ties the room together.

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@jackixmal I'm about to hit 2 months. Feeling this big. 😔

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Oops! @gandi_net @gandibar ~ In this context, no, I don't think i'll take that suggestion to purchase that domain name as I prepare my mother's memorial.

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@ATTHelp gave up on this one for tonight. Similar to other customers here in your replies, retail stores can’t perform simple actions. There’s no path. Is a DM on X functional? Is that the only available channel?

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@camduncalfe @CharlesPattson Looks like you missed the “it costs money” part. Whoops.

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@_jsolly Built my entire career along side my network that I intentionally built by surrounding myself with community. For the life of me I can’t imagine not having that.

[aj @ajbabyboi]

A beautiful woman named the National Weather Service is texting me about a tornado warning

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@joshgroban Hey there Josh;

I come to you with an odd and heartbreaking question. My mother, Sandy Boyer, has been fighting cancer for the last 2.5 years and things are starting to trend towards the end (perhaps final days even). We bought tickets to see you at the end of August in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as youre her favorite artist of all time. We don’t think she’s going to make it to then. I was reaching out to see if we could potentially get you to record a special message or something for her, maybe Cameo style, it would just mean so much to her. I hate to ask people for anything with things like this, but just doing all I can as her son with the remaining hours she has left. I’ll compensate any amount to make it happen.

Appreciate you taking the time to read this. We’ll still be at the show in her honor.

Eric

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

A bespoke software revolution? I don't buy it.

It'll exist. It already exists. Small consultants and big consulting firms have made custom software for years. It almost always sucks. It’s bloated, confusing, and because the client pays, it’s built wrong in all the ways.

Who’s excited about bespoke software? Software makers! Of course they're excited about building bespoke software — that's what they do. X is full of them. Your feed is full of people who love making software talking about making software. Of course they’re excited about the revolution. Echo, echo, echo...

Most people don’t like computers. Nobody in tech wants to say that out loud. People tolerate computers. They use them because they have to. Given the choice, most would rather not think about them at all.

So when someone suggests that AI means everyone will build their own custom tools, ask who "everyone" is. The three-person accounting firm drowning in client paperwork? They want the paperwork gone, not a new system to maintain. The regional logistics company with 40 trucks? They want the routes optimized, not Joe spouting off about this new system he’s been messing around with. The law firm billing 70-hour weeks? They want leverage on their time, not a software project to design.

They don’t hate technology. But building and maintaining their own critical systems isn’t their wheelhouse, regardless of how much faster and easier it’s become. It's another job on top of the job.

Will these people use AI? Absolutely, for all sorts of things. Will some outliers go deep and build real custom systems? Sure, but they're almost always people who already had some pull toward software. The curiosity was already there. They were dabblers before.

Giving everyone access to software building tools doesn't mean everyone becomes a builder. A powerful excavator doesn't turn a homeowner into a contractor. Most people just want the hole dug by someone else. They don’t want the responsibility either.