Ben Houston
@benhouston3d.com
Personal. https://benhouston3d.com Serial Entrepreneur. Founder: https://MyCoder.ai (agentic coder), https://Threekit.com (3D for eCommerce), http://Clara.io (online 3D editor), Exocortex, and Frantic Films Software.
New #ThreeJS PR: high quality 3D procedural wood materials via TSL. Includes maple, oak, walnut, cedar, poplar, cherry wood types and also includes raw + coating variants.
Full detais: github.com/mrdoob/three...
Full detais: github.com/mrdoob/three...
August 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New #ThreeJS PR: high quality 3D procedural wood materials via TSL. Includes maple, oak, walnut, cedar, poplar, cherry wood types and also includes raw + coating variants.
Full detais: github.com/mrdoob/three...
Full detais: github.com/mrdoob/three...
New Github PR to #ThreeJS that adds much improved #MaterialX support.
New nodes & properties supported: thin film, sheen, transmission, rotate, determine, inverse, floor, reflect, refract, opacity, specular, anisotropy, etc...
Full details: github.com/mrdoob/three...
New nodes & properties supported: thin film, sheen, transmission, rotate, determine, inverse, floor, reflect, refract, opacity, specular, anisotropy, etc...
Full details: github.com/mrdoob/three...
July 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New Github PR to #ThreeJS that adds much improved #MaterialX support.
New nodes & properties supported: thin film, sheen, transmission, rotate, determine, inverse, floor, reflect, refract, opacity, specular, anisotropy, etc...
Full details: github.com/mrdoob/three...
New nodes & properties supported: thin film, sheen, transmission, rotate, determine, inverse, floor, reflect, refract, opacity, specular, anisotropy, etc...
Full details: github.com/mrdoob/three...
Having fun this evening making passion fruit ice cream. #parenting
June 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Having fun this evening making passion fruit ice cream. #parenting
May 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Three hard-won lessons for entrepreneurs I learned in my journey from VFX to Enterprise SaaS.
My talk at the Ottawa Network last night (May 22, 2025)
benhouston3d.com/blog/lession...
My talk at the Ottawa Network last night (May 22, 2025)
benhouston3d.com/blog/lession...
May 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Three hard-won lessons for entrepreneurs I learned in my journey from VFX to Enterprise SaaS.
My talk at the Ottawa Network last night (May 22, 2025)
benhouston3d.com/blog/lession...
My talk at the Ottawa Network last night (May 22, 2025)
benhouston3d.com/blog/lession...
Learnt terraform this week. Not too complex and has a lot of advantages. First website to have its infrastructure fully automated is benhouston3d.com.
Ben Houston's Blog
Veteran 3D graphics entrepreneur and software developer sharing insights on 3D web technologies, AI, and software development.
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April 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Learnt terraform this week. Not too complex and has a lot of advantages. First website to have its infrastructure fully automated is benhouston3d.com.
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I'm having better success with @benhouston3d.com 's github.com/bhouston/mcp...
GitHub - bhouston/mcp-server-text-editor: An open source implementation of the Claude built-in text editor tool
An open source implementation of the Claude built-in text editor tool - bhouston/mcp-server-text-editor
github.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'm having better success with @benhouston3d.com 's github.com/bhouston/mcp...
Yum! Buffalo and honey garlic wings for supper.
April 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yum! Buffalo and honey garlic wings for supper.
I wrote this for myself but figured I would share it:
TanStack Router provides powerful data loading capabilities through its beforeLoad and loader functions. Understanding their behavior is critical for effective use of TanStack Router in your projects.
benhouston3d.com/blog/tanstac...
TanStack Router provides powerful data loading capabilities through its beforeLoad and loader functions. Understanding their behavior is critical for effective use of TanStack Router in your projects.
benhouston3d.com/blog/tanstac...
April 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I wrote this for myself but figured I would share it:
TanStack Router provides powerful data loading capabilities through its beforeLoad and loader functions. Understanding their behavior is critical for effective use of TanStack Router in your projects.
benhouston3d.com/blog/tanstac...
TanStack Router provides powerful data loading capabilities through its beforeLoad and loader functions. Understanding their behavior is critical for effective use of TanStack Router in your projects.
benhouston3d.com/blog/tanstac...
Reposted by Ben Houston
This @ludocene.bsky.social thing seemed pretty cool, so when they reached out to see if I wanted to do an expert profile - well, I did. Hopefully it helps you find some games you like!
www.ludocene.com/expert-56
www.ludocene.com/expert-56
Ludocene - Game Discovery From People You Trust
Game discovery for people who want to find amazing video games to play.
www.ludocene.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This @ludocene.bsky.social thing seemed pretty cool, so when they reached out to see if I wanted to do an expert profile - well, I did. Hopefully it helps you find some games you like!
www.ludocene.com/expert-56
www.ludocene.com/expert-56
Intercepting and influencing LLM communications+training is the perfect intelligence vector in the new decoupled world economy. Don't say I didn't warn you.
benhouston3d.com/blog/decoupl...
benhouston3d.com/blog/decoupl...
Decoupling and Foreign LLMs
As global trade tensions rise following Trump's sweeping tariffs, we face a new digital cold war where LLM communications become prime targets for intelligence agencies.
benhouston3d.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Intercepting and influencing LLM communications+training is the perfect intelligence vector in the new decoupled world economy. Don't say I didn't warn you.
benhouston3d.com/blog/decoupl...
benhouston3d.com/blog/decoupl...
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Is it a war crime to execute 15 paramedics and rescue workers one by one ? Much of the West wants you to believe that it depends on whether you're Israel.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Is it a war crime to execute 15 paramedics and rescue workers one by one ? Much of the West wants you to believe that it depends on whether you're Israel.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
This morning's personal website update: added an RSS feed and OpenGraph metadata. Old school stuff, but still interesting to do.
benhouston3d.com/api/rss
benhouston3d.com/api/rss
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March 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This morning's personal website update: added an RSS feed and OpenGraph metadata. Old school stuff, but still interesting to do.
benhouston3d.com/api/rss
benhouston3d.com/api/rss
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it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
March 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
Having fun with AI image generation/editing from real photos.
March 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Having fun with AI image generation/editing from real photos.
The Rise of "Test Theater": Enabled by AI
AI coding assistants are excellent at generating tests with high coverage. But there's often a critical problem: they're testing that code behaves as written, not as intended. This "Test Theater" creates a dangerous illusion.
AI coding assistants are excellent at generating tests with high coverage. But there's often a critical problem: they're testing that code behaves as written, not as intended. This "Test Theater" creates a dangerous illusion.
March 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The Rise of "Test Theater": Enabled by AI
AI coding assistants are excellent at generating tests with high coverage. But there's often a critical problem: they're testing that code behaves as written, not as intended. This "Test Theater" creates a dangerous illusion.
AI coding assistants are excellent at generating tests with high coverage. But there's often a critical problem: they're testing that code behaves as written, not as intended. This "Test Theater" creates a dangerous illusion.
Building 3D Web Apps that work everywhere!
I wrote up why I recommend a dual tier strategy and how to achieve it using data from web3dsurvey.com
benhouston3d.com/blog/buildin...
I wrote up why I recommend a dual tier strategy and how to achieve it using data from web3dsurvey.com
benhouston3d.com/blog/buildin...
Web3DSurvey
Discover the latest WebGL support statistics, feature capabilities, and extension details across various browsers. Stay up-to-date with our real-time data.
web3dsurvey.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Building 3D Web Apps that work everywhere!
I wrote up why I recommend a dual tier strategy and how to achieve it using data from web3dsurvey.com
benhouston3d.com/blog/buildin...
I wrote up why I recommend a dual tier strategy and how to achieve it using data from web3dsurvey.com
benhouston3d.com/blog/buildin...
Israel killed Hossam Shabat (below) one of the last remaining journalists in Northern Gaza today in a targeted strike. He in his early twenties. He worked for Al Jazeera.
This is likely preparation for the ethnic cleansing of Northern Gaza by Israel per: www.972mag.com/israel-trump...
This is likely preparation for the ethnic cleansing of Northern Gaza by Israel per: www.972mag.com/israel-trump...
March 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Israel killed Hossam Shabat (below) one of the last remaining journalists in Northern Gaza today in a targeted strike. He in his early twenties. He worked for Al Jazeera.
This is likely preparation for the ethnic cleansing of Northern Gaza by Israel per: www.972mag.com/israel-trump...
This is likely preparation for the ethnic cleansing of Northern Gaza by Israel per: www.972mag.com/israel-trump...
Reposted by Ben Houston
TIL that because the FFmpeg project has gained so much experience in hand-writing assembly code to provide huge speedups, they now are putting together a series of lessons for learning assembly:
Vibe coding is fun and all, but this is probably a better use of time!
github.com/FFmpeg/asm-l...
Vibe coding is fun and all, but this is probably a better use of time!
github.com/FFmpeg/asm-l...
GitHub - FFmpeg/asm-lessons: FFMPEG Assembly Language Lessons
FFMPEG Assembly Language Lessons. Contribute to FFmpeg/asm-lessons development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
TIL that because the FFmpeg project has gained so much experience in hand-writing assembly code to provide huge speedups, they now are putting together a series of lessons for learning assembly:
Vibe coding is fun and all, but this is probably a better use of time!
github.com/FFmpeg/asm-l...
Vibe coding is fun and all, but this is probably a better use of time!
github.com/FFmpeg/asm-l...
Reposted by Ben Houston
Alien Trilogy PS1 (1996) cutscene mocap shows off Acclaim's cutting-edge facilities (for the time). Crazy this was 3 decades ago.
March 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Alien Trilogy PS1 (1996) cutscene mocap shows off Acclaim's cutting-edge facilities (for the time). Crazy this was 3 decades ago.
"Building an agentic coder from scratch."
A write-up and slide deck from my talk last night at Ottawa Forward JS.
benhouston3d.com/blog/buildin...
A write-up and slide deck from my talk last night at Ottawa Forward JS.
benhouston3d.com/blog/buildin...
March 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Building an agentic coder from scratch."
A write-up and slide deck from my talk last night at Ottawa Forward JS.
benhouston3d.com/blog/buildin...
A write-up and slide deck from my talk last night at Ottawa Forward JS.
benhouston3d.com/blog/buildin...
Amazing day of spring skiing at Mont Tremblant with my eldest daughter’s high school.
March 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Amazing day of spring skiing at Mont Tremblant with my eldest daughter’s high school.
Reposted by Ben Houston
🚨 At least 112 people killed in renewed Israeli attacks across Gaza, medical sources tell Al Jazeera.
March 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
🚨 At least 112 people killed in renewed Israeli attacks across Gaza, medical sources tell Al Jazeera.
>> The Ephemeral Nature of Software in the Age of AI
As the cost of creating software with AI assistance drops to near zero, we need to fundamentally rethink our relationship with code itself.
benhouston3d.com/blog/empheme...
As the cost of creating software with AI assistance drops to near zero, we need to fundamentally rethink our relationship with code itself.
benhouston3d.com/blog/empheme...
Software as Ephemeral
As AI dramatically reduces software development costs, we need to rethink our approach to code. Software is becoming ephemeral - easily replaced rather than maintained. This paradigm shift means optim...
benhouston3d.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
>> The Ephemeral Nature of Software in the Age of AI
As the cost of creating software with AI assistance drops to near zero, we need to fundamentally rethink our relationship with code itself.
benhouston3d.com/blog/empheme...
As the cost of creating software with AI assistance drops to near zero, we need to fundamentally rethink our relationship with code itself.
benhouston3d.com/blog/empheme...
Two year old wanted a spider costume this afternoon. An Amazon box and some packing tape later and she was satisfied.
March 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Two year old wanted a spider costume this afternoon. An Amazon box and some packing tape later and she was satisfied.