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Eric Binnion has died

52 points speckx 1 hour ago 23 comments

toomuchtodo 1 hour ago | parent

https://eric.blog/

https://friendsofericbinnion.wordpress.com/

jshmrsn 1 hour ago | parent

His last blog post was well written, to the point, and sobering. The friends website measuring his lines of code and pull requests is making me feel sick to my stomach. I feel reminded to reflect on how I would measure my own life.

anonymous908213 1 hour ago | parent

The very first word on the memorial website is "Automattician". I may have an ego, but even I cannot fathom having such a large ego that I would make my memorial to someone else about me and their work on my project.

ookblah 1 hour ago | parent

well people just need to look at the "head" to understand, but i doubt people will go that far, he has a away of sanitizing history. in any case, RIP to this man.

croisillon 57 minutes ago | parent

"he will be remembered as the guy i gave an award to", looks like DJT's obituaries

DoctorOW 59 minutes ago | parent

I think that's a symptom of Matt generating a website for "an Automattician". They had a working relationship. If I died today, my husband would remember my life as someone who laughed and cried, my work might think of me as someone more inquisitive and analytical.

owlninja 1 hour ago | parent

His last blog entry was a tough read this morning as I sit at my desk for another day at the long day factory wondering if I should be doing more with the time I have because you just never know when it is up. RIP.

toomuchtodo 47 minutes ago | parent

Life is about finding balance. We cannot live every day as if it is our last, but you should be mindful and intentional about how you live your life.

pizzafeelsright 46 minutes ago | parent

Do not pass on that contemplation without action.

According to his blog his life was going along until it changed. I have experienced the same where the one phone call or appointment changes the trajectory of life without one's consent.

I am prepared when "The Man Comes Around". I would hope others think deeply about that coming day.

Jtarii 1 hour ago | parent

First AI slop memorial I have encountered.

Dystopian.

guitarlimeo 58 minutes ago | parent

Read to me as satire at first.

timcobb 57 minutes ago | parent

Don't worry they'll make it "more humane in the coming days" :x

chinathrow 43 minutes ago | parent

Seriously, the audacity.

They could have hand-done it in a few hours and rolled then.

Drakexor 52 minutes ago | parent

I doubt the dead care. Also why is everything bad "dystopian" nowadays?

anonymous908213 50 minutes ago | parent

What part of "humans completely surrender genuine connection, automatically generate memorials with AI" doesn't sound like it came directly from a dystopian science fiction novel?

Drakexor 46 minutes ago | parent

In what way are human-made memorials "utopian"? Maybe I am too strict with language

anonymous908213 39 minutes ago | parent

The word does not mean what you appear to think it means. Being strict about your own misconceived definition is not helpful to communication. If you're going to be pedantic, you really owe it to everyone around you to hold yourself to the same 'strictness' and make sure you're actually correct about your pedantry.

icehawk 40 minutes ago | parent

It's not about whether the dead care. It's not for them, just about them.

upmostly 38 minutes ago | parent

I had to re-read it. I thought it was a joke.

DoctorOW 50 minutes ago | parent

Was the .com taken? This feels like a marketing exercise?

taybin 55 minutes ago | parent

"Claude write me a memorial for my employee. Make no mistakes. His life started when he joined my company."

People do weird things when grieving. This probably seemed like a wonderful tribute. From the outside, it seems tacky. But lots of things are tacky and memorials are for the living.

Eric's post was well written.

themgt 41 minutes ago | parent

He was diagnosed end of March, told he had six months in May. Handled with incredible grace. RIP.

While the news isn’t great, not much changes for me personally. We’ll still show up and do the work as I’ve previously talked about, on the chance that we can prove the oncologists wrong. Outside of that, I’ll prioritize spending time with the kids, trying to handle as much as possible to make things as easy as possible for Sara after I die, and enjoying the days that I have left.

https://eric.blog/2026/05/24/six-months/