Ben Robertson
@ben.robertson.is
independent software developer and solopreneur
building colorbliss.com and other fun projects
writing about it at ben.robertson.is
building colorbliss.com and other fun projects
writing about it at ben.robertson.is
entering my "i will give you a great quote for your product launch" era
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
entering my "i will give you a great quote for your product launch" era
I wrote up a little doc on how to get the ahrefs MCP working in cursor so you can do keyword research / queue up site audit fixes without leaving your editor
ben.robertson.is/notes/how-t...
ben.robertson.is/notes/how-t...
How to add the Ahrefs MCP Server to Cursor
How to add the Ahrefs MCP Server to Cursor I've been testing out using the Ahrefs MCP server inside of the Claude desktop app, but honestly…
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November 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I wrote up a little doc on how to get the ahrefs MCP working in cursor so you can do keyword research / queue up site audit fixes without leaving your editor
ben.robertson.is/notes/how-t...
ben.robertson.is/notes/how-t...
the colorbliss dashboard has been feeling a little sluggish to me
today i added proper loading states for each route as well as a nice little sidebar navigation animation / active indicator to make everything feel a lot snappier
i'm not going to show the before because....
today i added proper loading states for each route as well as a nice little sidebar navigation animation / active indicator to make everything feel a lot snappier
i'm not going to show the before because....
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the colorbliss dashboard has been feeling a little sluggish to me
today i added proper loading states for each route as well as a nice little sidebar navigation animation / active indicator to make everything feel a lot snappier
i'm not going to show the before because....
today i added proper loading states for each route as well as a nice little sidebar navigation animation / active indicator to make everything feel a lot snappier
i'm not going to show the before because....
a fun little update to my personal site - my face now follows your mouse around :)
Kylan O'Connor (@kylancodes) posted an example of how he did this for his personal site, and I thought it would be a good fit for my illustration on my home page
Kylan O'Connor (@kylancodes) posted an example of how he did this for his personal site, and I thought it would be a good fit for my illustration on my home page
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
a fun little update to my personal site - my face now follows your mouse around :)
Kylan O'Connor (@kylancodes) posted an example of how he did this for his personal site, and I thought it would be a good fit for my illustration on my home page
Kylan O'Connor (@kylancodes) posted an example of how he did this for his personal site, and I thought it would be a good fit for my illustration on my home page
seeing the token awards from openai got me curious about colorbliss.
i'm at 3-4 billion tokens so far
trending at half a billion in the last 30 days.
looks like I'm on track to hit 10 billion somewhere in the next 12 months
i'm at 3-4 billion tokens so far
trending at half a billion in the last 30 days.
looks like I'm on track to hit 10 billion somewhere in the next 12 months
October 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
seeing the token awards from openai got me curious about colorbliss.
i'm at 3-4 billion tokens so far
trending at half a billion in the last 30 days.
looks like I'm on track to hit 10 billion somewhere in the next 12 months
i'm at 3-4 billion tokens so far
trending at half a billion in the last 30 days.
looks like I'm on track to hit 10 billion somewhere in the next 12 months
this is the best review of colorbliss i have seen
"Well Lord Liftin Jesus I have found it" lol
love this blog too! gotta love real people being real people on the internet
utopianpudding.com/2025/09/21/...
"Well Lord Liftin Jesus I have found it" lol
love this blog too! gotta love real people being real people on the internet
utopianpudding.com/2025/09/21/...
Discovering Colorbliss: My Journey with AI Illustration
Discover why Colorbliss outshines Canva's AI for creating beautiful coloring book images, bringing nostalgic memories to life!
utopianpudding.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
this is the best review of colorbliss i have seen
"Well Lord Liftin Jesus I have found it" lol
love this blog too! gotta love real people being real people on the internet
utopianpudding.com/2025/09/21/...
"Well Lord Liftin Jesus I have found it" lol
love this blog too! gotta love real people being real people on the internet
utopianpudding.com/2025/09/21/...
i got early access to this, and it was nice to be able to make quick changes to my sites from a dashboard i'm already familiar with and in regularly!
and colorbliss is mentioned in the blog :)
and colorbliss is mentioned in the blog :)
That’s a wrap on Netlify Deploy 2025 🚀
✨ Agent Runners announced
✨ Demos, live builds + industry panel
✨ A new way for humans + AI to ship together
📖 Blog: www.netlify.com/blog/agent-r...
🎯 Challenge: ntl-deploy-challenge.netlify.app
#NTLDEPLOY
✨ Agent Runners announced
✨ Demos, live builds + industry panel
✨ A new way for humans + AI to ship together
📖 Blog: www.netlify.com/blog/agent-r...
🎯 Challenge: ntl-deploy-challenge.netlify.app
#NTLDEPLOY
Agent Runners: Where AI development meets live infrastructure
Agent Runners brings AI coding agents directly to your Netlify project. Available from the Netlify Dashboard, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Codex run in isolated sandboxes with full context of your pro...
www.netlify.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
i got early access to this, and it was nice to be able to make quick changes to my sites from a dashboard i'm already familiar with and in regularly!
and colorbliss is mentioned in the blog :)
and colorbliss is mentioned in the blog :)
I've been focusing on optimizing the funnel for ColorBliss the past two weeks, and my latest experiment is a big change to the layout of the "choose plan" page.
Conversion rate had dropped off quite a bit there in recent months
Conversion rate had dropped off quite a bit there in recent months
September 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I've been focusing on optimizing the funnel for ColorBliss the past two weeks, and my latest experiment is a big change to the layout of the "choose plan" page.
Conversion rate had dropped off quite a bit there in recent months
Conversion rate had dropped off quite a bit there in recent months
if you know me, you probably already know about ColorBliss. (if you don't, it's the coloring page creator I've been working on for two years!)
in the spirit of "never stop launching," ColorBliss is live on Peerlist this week.
in the spirit of "never stop launching," ColorBliss is live on Peerlist this week.
September 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
if you know me, you probably already know about ColorBliss. (if you don't, it's the coloring page creator I've been working on for two years!)
in the spirit of "never stop launching," ColorBliss is live on Peerlist this week.
in the spirit of "never stop launching," ColorBliss is live on Peerlist this week.
Missed it by a couple of days, but ColorBliss is officially two years old!!
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Missed it by a couple of days, but ColorBliss is officially two years old!!
thinking about a new tagline for colorbliss.........
September 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
thinking about a new tagline for colorbliss.........
achievement unlocked
September 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
achievement unlocked
one fun thing that happens in the colorbliss support queue
teachers tell their students about colorbliss
and then they sign up for class or something
and then reply to my emails
teachers tell their students about colorbliss
and then they sign up for class or something
and then reply to my emails
September 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
one fun thing that happens in the colorbliss support queue
teachers tell their students about colorbliss
and then they sign up for class or something
and then reply to my emails
teachers tell their students about colorbliss
and then they sign up for class or something
and then reply to my emails
what does it mean if this still image is my best TikTok of the month
September 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
what does it mean if this still image is my best TikTok of the month
new seo milestone for colorbliss 📈
September 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
new seo milestone for colorbliss 📈
well well well, would you look at that
turns out highly targeted emails to your list are much more engaging!
gonna have to push this strategy farther...
turns out highly targeted emails to your list are much more engaging!
gonna have to push this strategy farther...
September 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
well well well, would you look at that
turns out highly targeted emails to your list are much more engaging!
gonna have to push this strategy farther...
turns out highly targeted emails to your list are much more engaging!
gonna have to push this strategy farther...
I got completely nerd-sniped this week...and well...started a new project.
I signed up for an expensive-for-me SaaS product to help me with something on ColorBliss. High-priced, but if it delivered on it's promise, it would change the game.
But the onboarding experience was clunky and slow.
I signed up for an expensive-for-me SaaS product to help me with something on ColorBliss. High-priced, but if it delivered on it's promise, it would change the game.
But the onboarding experience was clunky and slow.
September 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I got completely nerd-sniped this week...and well...started a new project.
I signed up for an expensive-for-me SaaS product to help me with something on ColorBliss. High-priced, but if it delivered on it's promise, it would change the game.
But the onboarding experience was clunky and slow.
I signed up for an expensive-for-me SaaS product to help me with something on ColorBliss. High-priced, but if it delivered on it's promise, it would change the game.
But the onboarding experience was clunky and slow.
celebrating two years of self-employment this week... and going strong!!
September 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
celebrating two years of self-employment this week... and going strong!!
this strikes me as a really odd email for trustpilot to send out to everyone
like...this is so far outside of your core offering (which I use, begrudgingly)
why should we care about the font on your website?
like...this is so far outside of your core offering (which I use, begrudgingly)
why should we care about the font on your website?
September 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
this strikes me as a really odd email for trustpilot to send out to everyone
like...this is so far outside of your core offering (which I use, begrudgingly)
why should we care about the font on your website?
like...this is so far outside of your core offering (which I use, begrudgingly)
why should we care about the font on your website?
gonna clean this up a bit, but webmentions are working on my personal site!
it's able to pull likes/reposts/posts from bluesky. looks like every other social network has blocked api access for this kind of stuff now
but also it should accept webmentions from your webmention enabled site as well!!
it's able to pull likes/reposts/posts from bluesky. looks like every other social network has blocked api access for this kind of stuff now
but also it should accept webmentions from your webmention enabled site as well!!
August 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
gonna clean this up a bit, but webmentions are working on my personal site!
it's able to pull likes/reposts/posts from bluesky. looks like every other social network has blocked api access for this kind of stuff now
but also it should accept webmentions from your webmention enabled site as well!!
it's able to pull likes/reposts/posts from bluesky. looks like every other social network has blocked api access for this kind of stuff now
but also it should accept webmentions from your webmention enabled site as well!!
got a google news alert about colorbliss this morning
but when i took a second to look at it, it triggered my dead internet theory alarm
if you're curious to follow along and take a peak into a hot pile of internet garbage, i documented it here
ben.robertson.is/notes/a-perf...
but when i took a second to look at it, it triggered my dead internet theory alarm
if you're curious to follow along and take a peak into a hot pile of internet garbage, i documented it here
ben.robertson.is/notes/a-perf...
August 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
got a google news alert about colorbliss this morning
but when i took a second to look at it, it triggered my dead internet theory alarm
if you're curious to follow along and take a peak into a hot pile of internet garbage, i documented it here
ben.robertson.is/notes/a-perf...
but when i took a second to look at it, it triggered my dead internet theory alarm
if you're curious to follow along and take a peak into a hot pile of internet garbage, i documented it here
ben.robertson.is/notes/a-perf...
for whatever reason, devin's agent is so much easier to work with than cursor
set up was more direct, and I feel like it "just works" most of the time
the summary and detail is really impressive to me
i find that i go to devin first when i have a small well-defined change
set up was more direct, and I feel like it "just works" most of the time
the summary and detail is really impressive to me
i find that i go to devin first when i have a small well-defined change
August 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
for whatever reason, devin's agent is so much easier to work with than cursor
set up was more direct, and I feel like it "just works" most of the time
the summary and detail is really impressive to me
i find that i go to devin first when i have a small well-defined change
set up was more direct, and I feel like it "just works" most of the time
the summary and detail is really impressive to me
i find that i go to devin first when i have a small well-defined change
cursor made me a nice little link preview plugin for my personal site
August 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
cursor made me a nice little link preview plugin for my personal site
i finally did a write up on that weird SVG issue that gave my marketing site 100 seconds of total blocking time
dev.to/benrobertso...
dev.to/benrobertso...
The Sneaky Total Blocking Time Issue That PageSpeed Insights Didn’t Catch
For months, I was plagued by a performance issue on ColorBliss. PageSpeed Insights reported 100+...
dev.to
August 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
i finally did a write up on that weird SVG issue that gave my marketing site 100 seconds of total blocking time
dev.to/benrobertso...
dev.to/benrobertso...