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hraness

Tools for agents and humans

about

hraness is ben guo, a musician and builder, formerly a founder and engineering leader. he writes regularly about building his software factory, making music, and living in puerto rico. the name hraness is a nod to the agent harness, but it also means “Ra-ness”. Ra called all forms of life into existence by uttering their secret names. Every evening, Ra journeys into the underworld, transforms into his ram-headed form, and is joined by his buddies Sia (perception), Hu (command), and Heka (magic power). He defeats the snake god of chaos Apophis, and returns at dawn to triumphantly light the day.

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reading

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reference

dossiers

sourced histories of the companies, labs, and products worth studying.

  1. roam research
  2. obsidian
  3. gumroad
  4. every
  5. ink & switch
  6. tldraw
  7. antithesis
  8. midjourney
  9. zed
  10. core automation
  11. morph
  12. moving castles
  13. typesafe
  14. cognition
  15. deepseek
  16. andon labs
  17. convergent research

lessons

technical columns written from the systems hraness runs.

  1. agent infrastructure5 lessons
  2. local-first software4 lessons
  3. knowledge systems4 lessons
  4. web delivery5 lessons
  5. design systems4 lessons
  6. browser media4 lessons
  7. accounts and commerce4 lessons
  8. the factory4 lessons
  9. rust systems5 lessons
  10. programming languages5 lessons
  11. peer-to-peer systems5 lessons
  12. computer science5 lessons
  13. correctness15 lessons

gear

notes and reviews on the desk, studio, and software tools around the work.