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Co-founder @modemdev. Before: founding engineer then VPE at @sentry. Builds https://t.co/lRZKcrfjO0, https://t.co/WhsjZBYoCi. Runs @devtoolsTO. 🇨🇦

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new AI software factory experiment, modeled after a human eng team: - multiple pi-durable agents - each w/ their own desktop linux VM (8gb ram) - each has a role/persona, works towards common goal - private IRC server for collab - eng rituals: daily standups, "review my pr", etc

new AI software factory experiment, modeled after a human eng team: - multiple pi-durable agents - each w/ their own desktop linux VM (8gb ram) - each has a role/persona, works towards common goal - private IRC server for collab - eng rituals: daily standups, "review my pr", etc

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internet on this flight to SF: ~8 Mbps internet from my remote linux box I'm mosh'd into:

internet on this flight to SF: ~8 Mbps internet from my remote linux box I'm mosh'd into:

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coming very soon to hunk® - post notes back to your agent

coming very soon to hunk® - post notes back to your agent

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The only honest loading screen

The only honest loading screen

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we have a lot of tech offices in Toronto btw so i had to make a video about it

we have a lot of tech offices in Toronto btw so i had to make a video about it

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I made a tool It's for sharing images with coding agents in envs where copy/paste doesn't work (e.g. terminals over ssh) It gives you ready-to-go prompts, or you can copy as OCR

I made a tool It's for sharing images with coding agents in envs where copy/paste doesn't work (e.g. terminals over ssh) It gives you ready-to-go prompts, or you can copy as OCR

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I wanted to know how far you can push these vids So I gave Opus 5.5 Blender, ElevenLabs and REAPER (DAW) and asked it to make a TV quality ad A week of prompting and Macbook-melting 3D rendering later ...
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I wanted to know how far you can push these vids So I gave Opus 5.5 Blender, ElevenLabs and REAPER (DAW) and asked it to make a TV quality ad A week of prompting and Macbook-melting 3D rendering later ...

Ben Vinegar

36,978 views • 13 days ago

Coding isn't holding you back. Product work is. Introducing Modem, your dev team's auto-triage PM. It listens to user signals 24/7, finds problems before you do & does the work you're slow at – filing tickets, pinging teammates, closing the loop. Sign up today at Modem
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Coding isn't holding you back. Product work is. Introducing Modem, your dev team's auto-triage PM. It listens to user signals 24/7, finds problems before you do & does the work you're slow at – filing tickets, pinging teammates, closing the loop. Sign up today at Modem

Ben Vinegar

321,143 views • 7 months ago

📜 introducing ossrules.md - learn how leading OSS projects use agent rule files - discover skill files that projects actually use - level up your own projects and workflows I've personally learned a lot just exploring
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📜 introducing ossrules.md - learn how leading OSS projects use agent rule files - discover skill files that projects actually use - level up your own projects and workflows I've personally learned a lot just exploring

Ben Vinegar

39,133 views • 1 month ago

🎙️ State of Agentic Coding w/ Armin Ronacher ⇌ and Ben Vinegar returns In this episode (#9): - how agents are getting more autonomous - the subsidies will continue until morale improves - herdr and VC-funded terminal apps - vibe coding from your car, and more!
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🎙️ State of Agentic Coding w/ Armin Ronacher ⇌ and Ben Vinegar returns In this episode (#9): - how agents are getting more autonomous - the subsidies will continue until morale improves - herdr and VC-funded terminal apps - vibe coding from your car, and more!

Ben Vinegar

55,488 views • 2 months ago

🎙️ 🚨 Latest State of Agentic Coding w/ special guest @mariozechner (Flask) is out: - Vibe-checking Fable & GLM 5.2 - Armin Ronacher ⇌ teaches us RL - How harnesses smooth out model jank - Loops, surviving AI fomo, and more Also on YT & Spotify ⬇️
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🎙️ 🚨 Latest State of Agentic Coding w/ special guest @mariozechner (Flask) is out: - Vibe-checking Fable & GLM 5.2 - Armin Ronacher ⇌ teaches us RL - How harnesses smooth out model jank - Loops, surviving AI fomo, and more Also on YT & Spotify ⬇️

Ben Vinegar

70,868 views • 3 months ago

hunk v0.21.0 is out - it's a big one: - 💬 threaded + editable notes - 🌲 file tree view + better responsive layouts - 🔍 more git/jj diff operands - ⚙️ extension APIs: dimmable code blocks, CLI subcommands, & more event hooks - 🎨 color fixes for 25 themes
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hunk v0.21.0 is out - it's a big one: - 💬 threaded + editable notes - 🌲 file tree view + better responsive layouts - 🔍 more git/jj diff operands - ⚙️ extension APIs: dimmable code blocks, CLI subcommands, & more event hooks - 🎨 color fixes for 25 themes

Ben Vinegar

34,264 views • 1 month ago

🎙️ State of Agentic Coding with Armin Ronacher ⇌ and Ben returns In this episode: - how Armin teamed up w/ Mario Zechner on Pi - the end of subsidized tokens? - why coding traces are valuable - GitHub, what might come next, and more!
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🎙️ State of Agentic Coding with Armin Ronacher ⇌ and Ben returns In this episode: - how Armin teamed up w/ Mario Zechner on Pi - the end of subsidized tokens? - why coding traces are valuable - GitHub, what might come next, and more!

Ben Vinegar

97,133 views • 5 months ago

🎙️ State of Agentic Coding with Armin Ronacher ⇌ returns for Episode 7 In this pre-Fable 5 episode: - looping? - no more human-designed programming languages? - the state of local coding models - the marketing of token-maxing, and more
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🎙️ State of Agentic Coding with Armin Ronacher ⇌ returns for Episode 7 In this pre-Fable 5 episode: - looping? - no more human-designed programming languages? - the state of local coding models - the marketing of token-maxing, and more

Ben Vinegar

72,552 views • 4 months ago

🔈 instant hacker terminal w/ OpenCode + tmux
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🔈 instant hacker terminal w/ OpenCode + tmux

Ben Vinegar

67,314 views • 5 months ago

⚡ hunk 0.16.0 is out: - supports all 65 diffs[dot]com/shiki themes (!) - smoother scrolling - split layout in lazygit - more agent-driven cleanup tools
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⚡ hunk 0.16.0 is out: - supports all 65 diffs[dot]com/shiki themes (!) - smoother scrolling - split layout in lazygit - more agent-driven cleanup tools

Ben Vinegar

43,215 views • 4 months ago

Introducing termDRAW! It's a terminal-native illustrator for making agent-friendly ASCII + unicode diagrams. Prompt more design intent than w/ words, use fewer tokens than screenshots. Works over SSH. Use it on the CLI or as a Pi extension
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Introducing termDRAW! It's a terminal-native illustrator for making agent-friendly ASCII + unicode diagrams. Prompt more design intent than w/ words, use fewer tokens than screenshots. Works over SSH. Use it on the CLI or as a Pi extension

Ben Vinegar

40,078 views • 5 months ago

all this clanker talk got me to revisit Short Circuit 2 you'll never believe how it ends
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all this clanker talk got me to revisit Short Circuit 2 you'll never believe how it ends

Ben Vinegar

27,588 views • 4 months ago

🧪 hunk v0.18.0-beta.0 - MAD SCIENCE release 🧪 featuring: - "html" agent notes in the terminal 🤯 - extensions! → custom sidebars, file viewers, keymaps, and more! ⬇️ hastily-generated feature vid (🔈)
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🧪 hunk v0.18.0-beta.0 - MAD SCIENCE release 🧪 featuring: - "html" agent notes in the terminal 🤯 - extensions! → custom sidebars, file viewers, keymaps, and more! ⬇️ hastily-generated feature vid (🔈)

Ben Vinegar

16,776 views • 2 months ago

🎙️ State of Agentic Coding #5 with Armin Ronacher ⇌ and Ben In this episode: - death of the IDE premature? - what's with all the bugs - will future models fix yesterday's AI code? - token abuse, slowing down, and more!
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🎙️ State of Agentic Coding #5 with Armin Ronacher ⇌ and Ben In this episode: - death of the IDE premature? - what's with all the bugs - will future models fix yesterday's AI code? - token abuse, slowing down, and more!

Ben Vinegar

32,186 views • 6 months ago

🎙️ State of Agentic Coding with Armin Ronacher ⇌ and Ben returns In this episode: - OpenClaw🦞 as a coding assistant? - Cursor stuck in an IDE trap? - Worktrees vs folders, Opus 4.6 fast mode, new predictions & more!
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🎙️ State of Agentic Coding with Armin Ronacher ⇌ and Ben returns In this episode: - OpenClaw🦞 as a coding assistant? - Cursor stuck in an IDE trap? - Worktrees vs folders, Opus 4.6 fast mode, new predictions & more!

Ben Vinegar

22,522 views • 8 months ago

🎁 sentry gave us all custom mechanical keyboards for the holidays here's an unboxing video (🎶 sound recommended for ASMR)
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🎁 sentry gave us all custom mechanical keyboards for the holidays here's an unboxing video (🎶 sound recommended for ASMR)

Ben Vinegar

19,305 views • 2 years ago

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