Sr Staff Software Engineer

Ben Lawson

I’m a product-minded software engineer with more than a decade of experience designing, modernizing, and shipping production systems. My background spans solution architecture, proof of concepts, build and deployment platforms, .NET services on Linux and Kubernetes, and hands-on product development. Outside of work, I build open-source developer tools, AI-assisted workflows, delivery analytics, and practical software for educators.

01 / SELECTED WORK

Things I've built

Developer tools and products spanning agentic workflows, delivery analytics, education, and AI governance.

Featured · Developer tools · Automation

Ralph Loop

An autonomous implementation loop that keeps specs, code, and durable memory in sync.

A cross-platform spec-kit extension that dispatches fresh Codex, Copilot, or Claude agents to the next bounded work unit until the feature is complete and committed.

  • PowerShell
  • Bash
  • Spec-driven dev
  • Agentic systems
Flow analytics · Platform

Agile Tools

A clearer view of aging work, delivery risk, and what is likely to ship next.

Education · Applied AI

Passage Generator

Standards-aligned reading passages and questions, ready for the classroom.

04Education · Workflow

Classroom Librarian

A lightweight classroom book catalog built for the rhythm of a real school day.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Prisma
05AI governance · Open source

art50-ci

Regression tests for the AI transparency signals people actually receive.

  • TypeScript
  • Playwright
  • GitHub Actions
06Agents · Personal infrastructure

AI Assistant

One Discord assistant, backed by Copilot, Codex, or OpenCode.

  • Copilot
  • Codex
  • OpenCode