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Donnell Wyche

@donnell.bsky.social
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Building 👨🏾‍💻 carenote.app - prayetic.com - directee.app - mobilize.dev | Pastoring through the intersections of Race, Faith, Abolition, & Technology | Ann Arbor City Planning Commissioner | Biking 🚴🏾‍♂️

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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I preached Sunday that empire begins by attacking a nation’s memory. Pharaoh’s first move in Exodus 1 is forgetting. 3 days later came the plan for warning signs outside the National Museum of American History. Before laws change, the story changes. Forget the immigrant, then fear their children.
thewychefamily.com
Empire Begins by Attacking Memory: When the News Caught Up With the Sermon
Empire begins by attacking the nation’s memory. Pharaoh’s first move in Exodus 1 is not enslavement but forgetting. Three days after I preached it, the Times reported the plan for twelve warning signs...
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Four years ago I posted about @carenote.app. A spiritual director friend wrote back: "If you ever want to build something for spiritual directors, I have some ideas." #buildinpublic Today the thing we built together is out. It's called Directee. thewychefamily.com/introducing-...
thewychefamily.com
Keep the hour sacred. The paperwork will keep itself.
Practice management for spiritual directors: scheduling, appointment notes, invoicing, and records in one quiet place. Free for 28 days, no card. Free for up to five directees.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Almost 40 years after I first visited colleges, I’m doing it again with my daughter. Colleges have a lot to say about what their education will do for her, their ROI. I’m increasingly interested in a more important question: Who will she become? #college #tours thewychefamily.com/college-tour...
thewychefamily.com
Phenomenal: College Tours, Formation, and Who We Become
Touring colleges with my eldest, one question keeps going unanswered in every admissions presentation: who will she become as she studies there?
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Same, I now have 170 open issues!
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
At a housing training this spring, a presenter walked us through the math behind building a small affordable project–it reframed how I think about the whole debate. I wrote up a little reflection on what I learned, including the question I can't stop asking: who is going to close the gap? #a2council
thewychefamily.com
Affordable Housing Is Harder to Build Than We Want to Admit
Affordable housing isn't built by demanding it, it's built when the math works. A look at the financing gap behind every project, and who closes it.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Why does my auto insurance have 2FA? I would love someone to hack into my account and pay my premiums. Please! 🙏🏾
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Continuing to enjoy the SaaS journey, especially now that @carenote.app has reach my short-term financial goals. Customers are invested, it's easier to sell to new customers, and AI has been a huge multiplier for me personally. #buidinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Liking this in case you get an answer or an example.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I still use PHPStorm, but this will be the first year I will use my fall back license instead of renewing for a new year. Times are changing. #agenticai
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Looking for solopreneurs between $1k–$9k MRR to connect with. It can be lonely building @carenote.app. I’d love a regular connection point with others at or just past this stage of business growth. DM me if interested. #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I spent 40 minutes in a future 11-year-old me could only dream about: an autonomous robot writing code using only my voice. I built a way to talk to Claude Code while out on a walk. Since starting to use CC over the past month, I was worried I'd always be tethered to a desk. That fear is gone. Wow!
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I did something hard today. I announced CareNote v6 and emailed 400+ users a sneak peek of what’s next. A lot of anxiety released. v6 is a ground-up rebuild—faster, more secure, more capable. One timeline. One place. One system. Built to hold care better. #buildinpublic
blog.carenote.app
CareNote v6: One Timeline, One Place, One System
CareNote v6 unifies notes, updates, and reports into one interaction timeline. Rebuilt privacy, email intake, and SMS-first care coordination.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Three new customers today in 2026. May this happen everyday this year! #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Lost a customer this morning at 11:45am. Reached out, figured out what they needed, won them back after dinner, about an hour ago. 🙌🏾 #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I've wanted to use more animations to explain features in CareNote today I built one with Claude. It's so freaking cool. www.carenote.app/pastoral-car...
carenote.app
CareNote - The Best Pastoral Care App
Transform compassion into action with the most effective pastoral care app. Track, organize, and deliver care while keeping your team aligned and informed. Because when care is organized, hearts are a...
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Hey 🏗️, I'm on schedule for my Advent calendar of posts for @carenote.app. 11 days in, and my engagement on FB is up 133%, it has resulted in anything but it's nice to say I'm trying. #buildinpublic. How are you sharing content with potential customers? I'm posting daily on four social media sites.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Hey 🏗️, Just finished an onboarding call, it was recorded and is being transcribed, mined for insights, and accessed by AI sales coach for next steps. This is the world I've wanted to make sure I stay on top customer onboarding and engagement. So nice! #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Hey 🏗️, Finally, have my internal CRM up and running with daily tasks. I just completed the first task generated by my CRM. It’s nice to see all my trials and leads in one place and to know exactly where they are in the sales funnel—and what my next step is to close them. 🙌🏾 #buildinpublic
This image shows a customer relationship management (CRM) software interface named "Amplify," displayed on a computer screen. The interface features a left-hand vertical navigation panel with several menu items such as Dashboard, Campaigns, Conversations, Customers, and Features. The main part of the screen is focused on the "View Customer" section, highlighted with John Customer's profile, including tabs like "Email," "Leads," "Interactions," "Intent Surveys," and "Insights." It details the customer's name, email address, phone number, and a confidence score of 100%. There is also a display of the "Current Status" indicating that John is a lead in the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) stage, and that there was last contact with the customer 4 hours before the current time. Below this section, there's a "Customer Journey Timeline" summarizing the interactions with dates, indicating key touchpoints such as interactions, lead creation, and form submissions. This interface is designed to give a comprehensive overview of customer interactions and status within the company’s sales pipeline.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Hey 🏗️, Playing around with agentic coding tonight. I created something really beautiful. We processed 171 customer calls—transcribed, classified, extracted pain points and promised features. And then the agent refreshed and wiped the database without a backup. $115 and hours gone. #buildinpublic 😤
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
This took entirely too long to develop, but I finally finished my @carenote.app advent calendar of content. I'm committing myself to posting content daily in four places. I'm using Advent to launch this content campaign. #buildinpublic
Screenshot of CareNote's Campaign Calendar showing the "CareNote Advent Content Calendar 2025" running Dec 5, 2025 to Jan 4, 2026. Dashboard displays 31 total days, all 31 with source content added and generated, but 0% published. Calendar grid shows 14 days (Dec 5-18) with green checkmarks, each containing a blog post title and list of social platforms (LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook, YouTube, GitHub, Instagram, Threads, Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts). Topics include pastoral care guides, CareNote features, and ministry tools.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I know, right? And this new customer has already recommended CareNote to another church—even though they haven’t actually used the product yet, just a demo and a conversation with me. It’s great, and also unsettling, confusing, and exciting all at once. 🤷🏾‍♂️
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Absolutely nothing is set in stone. It’s great, but so emotional. I lost my founding customer, who sponsored custom features for their church only to renewed and requested a refund 30 days later. It was my first refund request. Today, another customer prepaid for 30 users for a full year.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I'm enjoying this discussion in the Ann Arbor Politics fb group where they are attacking me for stating something factual, but I can't reply because I'm being moderated. #a2council You can read the MLive article: archive.is/VfBEC You can hear my direct comments: www.youtube.com/live/8HPmu4z...
A Facebook post by Ann Fairand Arbaugh. Her profile photo shows her wearing sunglasses outdoors. The post quotes Commissioner Donnell Wyche saying, “Your neighborhood is changing,” followed by, “It is already underway. There is nothing that we can do at this table to stop that change.” Ann responds sarcastically, thanking Donnell for “confirming” that public comments on the CLUP are useless, adding that none of the public comments matter and asserting, “This is not the community’s plan, it’s YOUR plan!”A Facebook post by Ann Fairand Arbaugh. Her profile picture shows her wearing sunglasses. The post includes a long caption criticizing Commissioner Donnell Wyche’s quoted remarks about neighborhood change and arguing that public comments on the CLUP are useless because the community had no power in shaping the plan. Below the text is a photo of Donnell Wyche speaking into a microphone. He is wearing glasses and a light blue collared shirt, looking slightly downward as he talks.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Thanks. It’s so emotional, and for now this is still my side project. I don’t know how I’ll manage when it becomes my main source of income. I worry I’ll make all the wrong decisions. (Just a little honesty.)
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Hey 🏗️, It’s been a wild 24 hours. I lost a sizable new customer yesterday, which stings even though you understand it. Then today, I gained a customer worth more than 3x that amount. Building a SaaS is an emotional ride🎢. The swings are real. #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I’m feeling grateful today. I’m finalizing the terms for our church to receive an interest-free loan to pay off our mortgage. It’s the result of a lot of behind-the-scenes work, relationship-building, and persistence. I created the conditions that made this possible and I’m extremely proud of that.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Once again, I’m so happy that I can upgrade my computer to the latest OS without worrying that my development environment will get f*ck’d. Thanks to the Laravel Herd team and @marcelpociot.bsky.social #muchgratitude
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Hey 🏗️, I built a command today to auto-generate my CareNote release notes. Since I use commit messages as my release log, AI can read and summarize them into a blog entry. And it worked—I can now automatically create the content I used to do manually. 🙌🏾 #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
It’s on the intent survey trialing users complete before getting access. I’ve had the data since April but haven’t had time to actual use it. 😔 I’m slowing down development trying to switch to sales, onboarding, and conversions.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I guess the most surprising part of this journey will be discovering what my sales cycle actually is, what my sales funnel really looks like, and whether I can stomach the direct rejection that’s coming my way. #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
We’ll see where this takes me. But if my conversion rates hold and these leads convert, I can double my monthly revenue, bringing me one step closer to my financial goals with CareNote.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
This approach to my business is different. There is something nice about the product, "selling itself" but I am leaving 92 customers on the table with that approach. So, everyday going forward, I'm making a contact via email or phone to help connect with those interested CareNote.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Ninety-two people indicated “ASAP” as their decision timeline, and I didn’t contact a single one of them. My bad. I’m starting a new path tomorrow as we head into Black Friday. My sales cycle can be long (often up to 60 days) but I’m realizing I have to actually feed it.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
This is actually wild, because until now I was letting the trial(and the trial alone) function as my entire sales funnel. Now I can clearly see where someone is in their decision process, and I can start crafting responses that help move people toward becoming customers.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Hey 🏗️, My sales dashboards are up and running, and I’m now ingesting my email, calendar, trials, intent surveys, and interactions so I have a clearer picture of my funnel. Tomorrow, I start contacting the 92 trialing leads who are ready to subscribe to CareNote. #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I realized that for the past two years, I haven’t actually been doing sales. I built a solution and have been surviving on people essentially selling it to themselves. That’s worked well (I’m at about 50% of my financial goal for the tool) but I could be at 100% with a sales plan. #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
So I'm capturing leads from all sources (web, email, phone, trials, sms) feeding them into dashboards to move them through my sales funnel to see if I can convert them into paying customers. First step: collecting and aggregating the data. Next step: taking action based on that data. #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Hey 🏗️, I’m learning so much this morning now that my lead, intent survey, and interactions dashboards are up. I found a prospect who started a trial with their personal email and then emailed me today from their church email—I would have missed that it was the same person. #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I realized that my internal CRM is my own version of lightfield.app. I did a comparison and I've built everything in my version except natural language processing, but I can add that later. They have a custom AI model, I'm just using off-the-shelf models, but I'm pleased with the functionality.
lightfield.app
Lightfield - A new kind of CRM
Lightfield is a CRM for early stage teams built to capture, analyze, and understand everything about their customer.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I’m so excited, my internal CRM is coming together. I now have a central place for my emails, calendar, texts, demo recordings, so I can ensure I’m following up with potential trial teams. My daily dashboard now guides me on who to call, who to send a follow-up to, and more. 🙌🏾 #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Hey 🏗️, Up early handling sales emails before work and building out my internal CRM to help me close more teams. I need to shift from building to sales to convert more of my funnel. Next up is connecting my email to my CRM to track interactions and flag those awaiting a response. #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
#removefromblacksky
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Hey 🏗️, I figured out how to handle my trialing users. I have a flow now: a 14-day trial, a 21-day reactivation nudge, at 45 days the account is deleted if they haven’t subscribed. I just built the dashboards to help me manage all of this. Today, three teams reactivated their trials. #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Hey 🏗️, I just manually sent 175 individual emails to customers who started a trial but didn’t convert and didn’t delete their trial account, even after linking their church management systems. If all of them subscribed, I’d meet my financial goals with CareNote. #buildinpublic
This image displays a promotional email from CareNote, addressed to Donnell Wyche, detailing updates and features for their latest software release, CareNote Version 5. The email highlights the enhancements made since the user last tried the software on August 22, 2025, and it invites the user to look at the most complete pastoral care system currently available. Key features listed include Group Auto-Assignments, Care Assignments, Privacy Dashboard, Document Security, Reports & Dashboards, Integrations & Sync, and more. Additionally, the email states that the user's trial has been reactivated for seven days until November 26, 2025, with a reminder that if the user does not subscribe by November 30, 2025, their account will be automatically deleted. There's also a note about locking in legacy pricing at $15 per month or $10 per month if paid annually. The design is simple, with clear, organized sections for each feature and corresponding calls to action.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Hey 🏗️, I have to remember that when Git operations on GitHub don’t work, it’s usually an outage, not that someone has hacked into my account and deleted my repository. I must remember this. 😂 #buildinpublic
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Hey 🏗️, Updated my site today, reflecting on the early days of CareNote—when I’d do anything to win one church. After onboarding 600 teams, I know exactly what CareNote is: a purpose-built pastoral care platform. 🙌🏾 #buildinpublic Why CareNote? → www.carenote.app/pastoral-car...
carenote.app
Why CareNote: The Best Pastoral Care App
Transform your pastoral care ministry with intelligent automation and comprehensive tools. CareNote helps you deliver exceptional care while reducing administrative burden.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Hey 🏗️, I just shipped the coolest feature I’ve ever built in CareNote. I can finish a pastoral visit, walk to my car, text my report to the system. No login, no app, no dashboard—just a text message & it’s logged + shared with my team. Feels like magic. #buildinpublic youtube.com/shorts/fGEsQ...
youtube.com
CareNote Field Notes: Episode 01 - SMS Acceptance and Reporting #pastoralcare
YouTube video by CareNote
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Hey 🏗️, After the emotional setback of my first, and hopefully last, refund request from an early sponsor, I woke up to an email from a new customer who’s onboarding and eager to share CareNote with colleagues in sister churches. The ups and downs of building a SaaS. #buildinpublic
This image displays CareNote version 5 web application interface, focusing on their "SMS Care Request Acceptance" feature, which allows for quick assignment and acceptance of care requests via SMS. The top of the image shows the web browser interface with tabs and the address bar displaying the CareNote website. In the main content area, a bluish header introduces the feature, and sections below describe how it works, in steps, emphasizing real-time care activation through simple SMS interactions. On the right, a simulated phone screen shows an example of a new care request and the response options. A testimonial at the bottom from "Brad — Pastoral Care Pastor", praises the efficiency of the service. The image conveys a modern, efficient medical administrative tool designed to streamline the care process. The footer encourages starting a trial with CareNote. This layout is professional, highlighting practicality and ease of use of the software.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Hey 🏗️, Bittersweet day: a large church signed up, but one of my earliest CareNote sponsors cancelled and asked for a refund––a first for me. But I also shipped SMS care-request acceptance and email-to-CareNote forwarding, features I’ve long dreamt about but never had time to build. #buildinpublic
This image shows a mobile application interface for managing care requests, featuring a series of text messages and response options. At the top, a message states "CareNote: Care Request created for Tyrone Poldark," with options to reply "MORE" for details, "ACCEPT" to take the request, or "PASS" to decline. Below, another detailed message describes the care request for Tyrone Poldark, specifying that it is a "General Check-In" required by November 13, 2025. It notes that Tyrone is recovering from surgery and needs meals for the next two weeks, with prompts to "ACCEPT" if the user wishes to take up the request or "PASS" to decline. Lastly, a final message at the bottom indicates that the user has accepted the care request, with directions to view full details in CareNote or reply with "HELP" for more options. All these elements are presented within a dark-themed user interface that enhances readability and contrast.
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Hey 🏗️, I'm really enjoying working on CareNote. Almost every day I meet new people who are caring for their communities. I’m so grateful to come alongside folks who serve others. Had great conversations yesterday and today — it feels like a community is forming around CareNote. #buildinpublic
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