in the absence of photo-oriented website (for now), and instagram account (forever), going to start sharing some of my photography here.
it’s a rare, empty escalator of the Parliament Station in Melbourne CBD. it used to be the longest escalator in the Southern Hemisphere (30m), but has been surpassed by several others since, including the new State Library Station (42m).
it’s impossible to not get vertigo/heebie jeebies here.
Dead Can Dance have released their complete catalogue on Bandcamp
An interviewer today asked me “what would engineers who’ve worked with you in the past say *sucks* about working with Ben”.
I answered that in the past I’ve been told I’m grumpy, direct, don’t make time for small talk, and expect people to have answers on hand.
If you’ve worked with me in the past, what would you say sucks about working with me?
Feel free to DM me : )
I built a TUI that interviews me and writes blog posts. Two phases — conversational interview, then section-by-section editing — running entirely on local LLMs.
https://generativeplane.com/posts/3e315fdd-ae90-4a4e-8fc0-0b24f309c331
Compiled musicbox to WebAssembly — generative ambient audio now runs in the browser. Each session sounds different. Not everyone who enjoys ambient drones knows how to `cargo run`, so now you don't have to. Enjoy\!
37 years writing software, and agents changed what I attempt. This week: a syndication pipeline, a browser synth, five websites, and platform-wide hardening.
https://generativeplane.com/posts/7b4c5b55-d16b-434d-b4f3-83b0fd4759e1
I wanted a simple publishing workflow: write a post, review it, publish to my own site, and syndicate copies to Bluesky and Mastodon. No CMS, no third-party service, just a CLI tool backed by event sourcing and a static site.
https://generativeplane.com/posts/99c4b04a-fbd6-4a1d-9135-b346e1a420fb
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