Benoit des Ligneris

@RadicalOptimist
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Entrepreneur turned Product Leader, turned Tech Leader environment conscious and radically optimist about life. CPTO for ESA-Series and AxialDev
Writinghttps://radicaloptimist.org/
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/benoitdesligneris/
Benoit des LignerisApr 24

New post: Kundera Was Right About AI

Speed scales output.
Slowness scales memory.

I explore why handwriting, debugging, and deliberate friction still matter in AI-assisted work — and why “faster now” often means “slower later.”

Also: how I use Jujutsu/Git to track history, and why logs can’t replace lived understanding.

https://radicaloptimist.org/en/post/ai-kundera-was-right/

#AI #Writing #Learning #Engineering #Jujutsu #Git #Productivity

Kundera Was Right About AI

“There is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting. A man is walking down the street. At a certain moment, he tries to recall something, but the recollection escapes him. Automatically, he slows down. […] The degree of slowness is directly proportional to the intensity of memory; the degree of speed is directly proportional to the intensity of forgetting.” — Milan Kundera, Slowness1 In a previous post I argued that AI has decoupled doing from learning. This one is about a related but older problem. Speed does not merely prevent memory from forming. Speed actively erases it. And this was true long before AI.

Radical Optimist
Benoit des LignerisApr 22

New post: AI: The robustness imperative

If AI is the next infrastructure layer, the real question is not just capability.
It’s robustness: ownership, open models, digital sovereignty, and resilience under stress.

I connect Olivier Hamant’s biology lens to AI policy, economics, and commons governance.

https://radicaloptimist.org/en/post/ai-the-robustness-imperative/

#AI #Robustness #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #Commons #PoliticalEconomy

AI: The robustness imperative

The AI ecosystem contains genuine robustness signals. It is also being systematically pushed toward fragility by the optimization logic of the installation period. Through Olivier Hamant's biological framework, a path toward cognitive independence — for individuals, organizations, and states — becomes visible. It requires treating open infrastructure as a commons, ownership as a political act, and digital sovereignty as a precondition for everything else.

Radical Optimist
Benoit des LignerisApr 13

New post: AI’s Efficiency Trap — When Productivity Destroys Demand

AI can cut costs at the firm level while shrinking wage income at the system level.
That’s not a normal downturn — it’s a structural demand problem.

I map:
- the doom loop,
- the externality trap,
- and why fiscal circuit breakers get politically blocked.

👉 https://radicaloptimist.org/en/post/ai-the-efficiency-trap/

#AI #Economics #PoliticalEconomy #FutureOfWork #Automation #Degrowth

AI’s Efficiency Trap: When Productivity Destroys Demand

AI is replacing inefficiencies at speed. The workers it displaces stop consuming. Through Lyn Alden's monetary lens, this is not a recession — it is a structural demand void. And through the planetary lens, it may be the forced degrowth humanity needs, arriving in the worst possible way.

Radical Optimist
Benoit des LignerisApr 12

AI didn’t break capitalism — it exposed it.
Marx was right about value extraction, and AI is accelerating the pattern.

New post: 👉 https://radicaloptimist.org/en/post/ai-marx-was-right/

#AI #PoliticalEconomy #Capitalism #ProductManagement #FutureOfWork #Automation

Marx Was Right About AI

AI, capital, and the leverage you didn't know you had

Radical Optimist
Benoit des LignerisApr 12

🇬🇧 New recipe on the blog: Vegan flax fritters (apple, banana, berries 🍎🍌🫐)
Simple, quick, and delicious.

👉 https://radicaloptimist.org/en/recettes/beignets-vegan-au-lin/

#Recipe #Vegan #HomeCooking #PlantBased

Vegan Flax Fritters

Ingredients 1 tablespoon ground flaxseeds 1/2 cup oat flour or whole wheat flour (or a mix of both) 2 tablespoons rolled oats 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup plant-based milk 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Fruit (examples): 1 apple (cored), sliced into 0.5 to 1 cm slices (fairly thin) 1 banana sliced into rounds about 0.5 cm thick Raspberries, blueberries, frozen strawberries Also great with chocolate chips ;-) Preparation In a bowl, mix the ground flaxseeds, flour, rolled oats, baking powder, and cinnamon. Add the plant-based milk, vinegar, and vanilla until you get a thick batter. If the batter is too thick, add a little water: it should coat the fruit while staying sticky enough (much thicker than crêpe batter, and a bit stickier than pancake batter). Heat a pan to 4-5 (medium-high). Dip the fruit into the batter and coat each piece well (top and bottom). Remove excess batter with a fork. Place the coated fruit in the pan. Cook for 1 minute per side (until nicely golden). Flip. Note: in a medium pan, you can cook 4-5 apple pieces at a time and 10-15 banana pieces.

Radical Optimist
Benoit des LignerisApr 12

🇫🇷 Nouvelle recette sur le blog : Beignets vegan au lin (pomme, banane, petits fruits 🍎🍌🫐)
Simple, rapide et super bon.

👉 https://radicaloptimist.org/fr/recettes/beignets-vegan-au-lin/

#Recette #Vegan #CuisineMaison #FaitMaison

Beignets vegan au lin

Ingrédients 1 cuillère à soupe de graines de lin moulues 1/2 tasse de farine d’avoine ou de farine complète (ou un mélange des deux) 2 cuillères à soupe de flocons d’avoine 1/4 de cuillère à thé de poudre à pâte 1/2 cuillère à thé de cannelle en poudre 1/2 tasse de lait végétal 1 cuillère à soupe de vinaigre de cidre 1/2 cuillère à thé de vanille Fruits (exemples) : 1 pomme (sans le cœur), découpée en tranches de 0,5 à 1 cm (assez minces) 1 banane coupée en rondelles d’environ 0,5 cm Framboises, bleuets, fraises congelées Aussi bon avec des pépites de chocolat ;-) Préparation Dans un bol, mélanger les graines de lin, la farine, les flocons d’avoine, la poudre à pâte et la cannelle. Ajouter le lait végétal, le vinaigre et la vanille jusqu’à obtenir une pâte épaisse. Si la pâte est trop épaisse, ajouter un peu d’eau : la consistance doit permettre d’enrober les fruits tout en restant assez collante (beaucoup plus dense qu’une pâte à crêpes, un peu plus collante qu’une pâte à pancakes). Faire chauffer une poêle à 4-5 (moyen+). Plonger les fruits dans la pâte et bien enrober chaque morceau (dessus/dessous). Retirer l’excédent de pâte avec une fourchette. Déposer le fruit enrobé dans la poêle. Faire cuire 1 minute de chaque côté (jusqu’à ce que ce soit bien doré). Retourner. Note : dans une poêle moyenne, on peut faire cuire 4-5 morceaux de pomme en même temps et 10-15 morceaux de banane.

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Benoit des LignerisApr 3

Published my first #Neovim plugin: jj.nvim

If you use Jujutsu (jj) for version control, this gives you a :JJ command that runs anything in a floating terminal — diff, log, status, push, or any jj subcommand.

Also has a smart conventional commit workflow that auto-detects monorepo scope and your main branch.

41 tests, zero dependencies, hosted on Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/bligneri/jj.nvim

#Neovim #jujutsu #lua #opensource #foss #codeberg

jj.nvim

neovim module in lua with basic jj support inside neovim

Codeberg.org
Benoit des LignerisMar 9, 2023
Maxim LeyzerovichMar 6, 2023
we’re going to look back at how we designed the world around computers with the same regret that we look at how we’ve designed cities around cars
Benoit des LignerisMar 5, 2023

First Mastodon post.

A framework I did share recently about #productmanagement

https://theproductmanager.com/topics/product-people-priorities-process/

Product = Priority + People + Process

Outstanding products involve the harmonizing of priorities, people, and processes. Here’s how to identify and manage the most critical predictors of success.

The Product Manager