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ben
ben@northwest.io
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outdoorsman, creative generalist, computer programmer.
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ben 3 months ago
i need more tokens
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ben 3 months ago
ive been a dad for 3 months. i recently started smoking meats. i don’t make the rules.
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ben 3 months ago
i texted my ai a screenshot of an app, with a section circled in red and explained what i wanted changed. then i went and made coffee. it cloned the source code, made the change, committed, pushed, and deployed the fix.
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ben 3 months ago
code is a means to an end. I write code to bring ideas to life and ai has sped up my iteration time by an order of magnitude, at least.
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ben 3 months ago
ive been offline for a week, what did i miss? *ducks*
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ben 4 months ago
end of an era! congrats @fiatjaf I like the api improvements on fiatjaf.com/nostr! image
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ben 4 months ago
you can wire up your moltbot to @PayPerQ by setting the following in your ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json image
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ben 4 months ago
look, i’ve been an artisanal, code-is-craft guy for as long as i can remember. idiomatic, simple, elegant software. it’s been a cornerstone of my professional career. i use vim btw. but make no mistake - ai code will take over the industry. some people may still single origin hand-craft the shit, but it’s akin to a hipster typing poetry on a typewriter.
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ben 4 months ago
running clawdbot on an old linux macbook. it’s managing an obsidian vault that’s synced to my laptop with syncthing. planning to see if it provides value for managing side projects and home maintenance. 🦞
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ben 4 months ago
using claude code to deal with the backlog of PRs on an OSS project is a live saver. I've been avoiding this shit for 2 years.
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ben 4 months ago
every few years I iterate on how I deploy and manage my websites and apps. the latest is a CLI tool called ship. image
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ben 4 months ago
here's where I'm at with vibe coding - when I'm going from 0 to 1 on a new idea, 100% of the code is generated. I don't eve bother looking at it. I spend most of that time up front writing a spec with ai. half of that is defining the MVP scope, the other half is carefully specify the layers and interfaces of how I want the program structured. I provide specific idioms and coding standards. the result is generally a working advanced prototype, but the code is actually maintainable. the focus on interfaces and components up front is the same approach I've used building production software in the industry. if the interfaces are correct it doesn't matter as much if the implementation is subpar - we can refactor it later. View quoted note →
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ben 4 months ago
treadmill desks are dumb. go outside.
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ben 4 months ago
github ui replaced the 'ssh' clone option with some proprietary github cli 'gh'? everytime I check back that site has gotten worst and worst.
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ben 4 months ago
one day ill pull the ripcord. trade the macbook for some space to think. work with my hands during the week instead of only on the weekends. hell, i’ve got one foot out already.
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ben 4 months ago
listening to defcon radio and reading the Go source code with claude