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Ben Shi

@hbish
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  • @hbish
    Ben Shi
    @hbish
    Aug 6
    An LLM can write a rate limiter in seconds. It cannot decide how rate limiting should work in your system. As models get faster, implementation gets cheaper. Judgement and the expertise behind it becomes the bottleneck.
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    AI Makes Deep Expertise More Valuable
    From hbish.com
  • @hbish
    Ben Shi
    @hbish
    Mar 2
    The "near miss" is strangely addictive. 🎰 We talk about AI as a tool for efficiency, but the real hook is something else entirely. It’s that feeling of being "almost there." But that gap isn't a bug; it's the feature.
    hbish.com
    On being almost there
    The seduction of near misses with AI coding agents. Why 'almost there' is more exciting than finished, and the addictive nature of imperfect AI assistance.
  • @hbish
    Ben Shi
    @hbish
    Feb 1
    2025, was sitting in my draft. Decided to just post it. hbish.com/2025/reflectin…
  • @hbish
    Ben Shi
    @hbish
    Jan 10
    First blog post in yoinks! My learning journey with the workman keyboard layout and thoughts after 5 years of daily use. hbish.com/2026/workman/
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