Ben Bausili
@benbausili.com
Product Leader building things at InterWorks in Laravel. Data Strategist who wrote the updated Tableau white paper Designing Efficient Dashboards. Raising kids to see the world with love and complexity. Teacher at heart, theme park nerd. Remaining hopeful.
AI has no face. It's not a person. It's not even a consistent thing. It's a mirror that becomes whatever you put in front of it.
The question isn't "What will AI become?"
The question is: "What will we make it?"
Full essay (with inspiration from Miyazaki): benbausili.com/posts/ai-has...
The question isn't "What will AI become?"
The question is: "What will we make it?"
Full essay (with inspiration from Miyazaki): benbausili.com/posts/ai-has...
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
AI has no face. It's not a person. It's not even a consistent thing. It's a mirror that becomes whatever you put in front of it.
The question isn't "What will AI become?"
The question is: "What will we make it?"
Full essay (with inspiration from Miyazaki): benbausili.com/posts/ai-has...
The question isn't "What will AI become?"
The question is: "What will we make it?"
Full essay (with inspiration from Miyazaki): benbausili.com/posts/ai-has...
I finally got around to making ice tea with Good.Store’s Blue Fields Earl Grey and it might be my favorite thing ever. https://good.store/products/blue-fields-earl-grey-loose-leaf-tea?srsltid
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October 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I finally got around to making ice tea with Good.Store’s Blue Fields Earl Grey and it might be my favorite thing ever. https://good.store/products/blue-fields-earl-grey-loose-leaf-tea?srsltid
Stop pitching the logic of AI. You're talking to the wrong part of the brain. My new blog dives into how leaders can use empathy to calm the emotional Elephant and guide their teams toward a future where AI augments, not replaces, our best people.
interworks.com/blog/2025/09...
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AI and The Elephant - InterWorks
Change management is hard. With AI changing our businesses, it’s also crucial. I’ve been thinking about change management lately through the lens of “Switch” by Chip and Dan Heath. If you haven’t read...
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September 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Stop pitching the logic of AI. You're talking to the wrong part of the brain. My new blog dives into how leaders can use empathy to calm the emotional Elephant and guide their teams toward a future where AI augments, not replaces, our best people.
interworks.com/blog/2025/09...
interworks.com/blog/2025/09...
We're entering a new era where you can escape 'average' software.
AI is making it possible for anyone to build custom tools that actually solve their problems, without being a full-time developer.
interworks.com/blog/2025/08...
AI is making it possible for anyone to build custom tools that actually solve their problems, without being a full-time developer.
interworks.com/blog/2025/08...
You Are Not The Average Customer - InterWorks
You Are Not The Average Customer Software is designed for the average customer, but the truth is that no customer is the actual average. That’s why we’re always dealing with trade-offs. Our tool proce...
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August 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We're entering a new era where you can escape 'average' software.
AI is making it possible for anyone to build custom tools that actually solve their problems, without being a full-time developer.
interworks.com/blog/2025/08...
AI is making it possible for anyone to build custom tools that actually solve their problems, without being a full-time developer.
interworks.com/blog/2025/08...
AI is causing me to work more, but I'm not complaining. I find it's unlocking my time and desire to create. It's easier to enter into flow and feel genuinely engaged rather than just efficient.
Full thoughts on my blog: benbausili.com/posts/ai-mak...
Full thoughts on my blog: benbausili.com/posts/ai-mak...
AI is Making Me Work More—And I Love It - Ben Bausili
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August 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
AI is causing me to work more, but I'm not complaining. I find it's unlocking my time and desire to create. It's easier to enter into flow and feel genuinely engaged rather than just efficient.
Full thoughts on my blog: benbausili.com/posts/ai-mak...
Full thoughts on my blog: benbausili.com/posts/ai-mak...
Creating software feels like magic, sometimes. It’s amazing we can just decide to create things and put it out in the world the way we do.
August 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Creating software feels like magic, sometimes. It’s amazing we can just decide to create things and put it out in the world the way we do.
Spent the last week building my personal site using multiple AI tools as creative partners. Spoiler alert: it was fun, but not seamless. No single prompt (or AI) got me there, just iterative experiments.
Wrote about the full messy, collaborative journey here:
benbausili.com/posts/this-s...
Wrote about the full messy, collaborative journey here:
benbausili.com/posts/this-s...
Building This Site with AI: From Static Prototype to Hugo - Ben Bausili
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August 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Spent the last week building my personal site using multiple AI tools as creative partners. Spoiler alert: it was fun, but not seamless. No single prompt (or AI) got me there, just iterative experiments.
Wrote about the full messy, collaborative journey here:
benbausili.com/posts/this-s...
Wrote about the full messy, collaborative journey here:
benbausili.com/posts/this-s...
GPT-5 dropped with a messy rollout, but here's my honest take after a weekend testing:
✅ Improved coding & tool use
✅ Follows instructions better
❌ Not replacing Claude or Gemini in my workflow
More: benbausili.com/posts/gpt-5-...
✅ Improved coding & tool use
✅ Follows instructions better
❌ Not replacing Claude or Gemini in my workflow
More: benbausili.com/posts/gpt-5-...
GPT-5 Is Here. So Why Am I Sticking With Claude and Gemini? - Ben Bausili
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August 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
GPT-5 dropped with a messy rollout, but here's my honest take after a weekend testing:
✅ Improved coding & tool use
✅ Follows instructions better
❌ Not replacing Claude or Gemini in my workflow
More: benbausili.com/posts/gpt-5-...
✅ Improved coding & tool use
✅ Follows instructions better
❌ Not replacing Claude or Gemini in my workflow
More: benbausili.com/posts/gpt-5-...
Impressive release if it holds up in real world usage. Cheap, fast, with o4-mini performance is a really good mix.
gpt-oss, OpenAI's open weights model
120B & 20B variants, both MoE with 4 experts active
openai.com/index/introd...
120B & 20B variants, both MoE with 4 experts active
openai.com/index/introd...
August 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Impressive release if it holds up in real world usage. Cheap, fast, with o4-mini performance is a really good mix.
Reposted by Ben Bausili
August 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The gamifying of the world by Deep Mind continues with Genie 3. Pretty amazing technology. As always, I appreciate AI Explained’s breakdown. youtu.be/tVHZy-iml5Q?...
Ghost 6.0
Networked publishing, native analytics, and $100M earned by indie publishers
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August 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The gamifying of the world by Deep Mind continues with Genie 3. Pretty amazing technology. As always, I appreciate AI Explained’s breakdown. youtu.be/tVHZy-iml5Q?...
My best trip was when lightning lane / fast pass wasn't running. Here's my idea: Use it for "Disney Magic" by making it random. Send people random passes from Mickey to make their day.
Lighting Lane so bad! Sooooooooo bad. I can’t believe how bad it is.
March 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My best trip was when lightning lane / fast pass wasn't running. Here's my idea: Use it for "Disney Magic" by making it random. Send people random passes from Mickey to make their day.
Reposted by Ben Bausili
A lot of companies have much more fundamental data problems than waiting for budget on AI. AI is last mile engineering and until you’ve laid the base the investment is a waste in both time and money
February 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
A lot of companies have much more fundamental data problems than waiting for budget on AI. AI is last mile engineering and until you’ve laid the base the investment is a waste in both time and money
Agree with this take. I think an OS level AI that could follow me around email, slack, task trackers, etc just to remind me I forgot something would be the most helpful thing. Privacy, of course, is a huge hurdle.
I suspect we’re going to find there is little demand for Operator-like agents that go out on the web and do shopping for you—but huge demand for personal assistants that have read all your email and all your files and can see the 3 tasks you forgot to finish.
January 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Agree with this take. I think an OS level AI that could follow me around email, slack, task trackers, etc just to remind me I forgot something would be the most helpful thing. Privacy, of course, is a huge hurdle.
Reposted by Ben Bausili
I love what Good Store is doing. They have great stuff and you get to support charities like Partners in Health.
Why not get a bunch of Christmas shopping done RIGHT NOW?!
Every Good.Store order gets a free mini-puzzle (while supplies last) and shipping is free on any order over $59!
good.store
And, as always, 100% of profit is donated to charity!
Every Good.Store order gets a free mini-puzzle (while supplies last) and shipping is free on any order over $59!
good.store
And, as always, 100% of profit is donated to charity!
November 3, 2024 at 9:20 PM
I love what Good Store is doing. They have great stuff and you get to support charities like Partners in Health.
Not sure the Bluesky overlap between Laravel and ThoughtSpot, but my team made our integration work available as a composer package.
GitHub: github.com/interworks/t...
Packagist: packagist.org/packages/int...
Blog post to come (and hopefully more open sourcing of analytic integrations)
GitHub: github.com/interworks/t...
Packagist: packagist.org/packages/int...
Blog post to come (and hopefully more open sourcing of analytic integrations)
GitHub - InterWorks/ThoughtSpotREST
Contribute to InterWorks/ThoughtSpotREST development by creating an account on GitHub.
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November 3, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Not sure the Bluesky overlap between Laravel and ThoughtSpot, but my team made our integration work available as a composer package.
GitHub: github.com/interworks/t...
Packagist: packagist.org/packages/int...
Blog post to come (and hopefully more open sourcing of analytic integrations)
GitHub: github.com/interworks/t...
Packagist: packagist.org/packages/int...
Blog post to come (and hopefully more open sourcing of analytic integrations)
Starter Packs are such a great idea. It’s made Bluesky so much more usable and alive.
November 3, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Starter Packs are such a great idea. It’s made Bluesky so much more usable and alive.