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...
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...
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.
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...
"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.
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.
No joke: How I created went from idea to Github Issue to PR while waiting for my toddler to finish breakfast this morning:
benhouston3d.com/blog/agentic...
#agenticcoding #vibecoding #mycoder
benhouston3d.com/blog/agentic...
#agenticcoding #vibecoding #mycoder
March 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
No joke: How I created went from idea to Github Issue to PR while waiting for my toddler to finish breakfast this morning:
benhouston3d.com/blog/agentic...
#agenticcoding #vibecoding #mycoder
benhouston3d.com/blog/agentic...
#agenticcoding #vibecoding #mycoder
Enjoying a local sugar bush this morning!
March 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Enjoying a local sugar bush this morning!
"GitHub Mode" is a game changer for Agentic Coding
My recent addition of "GitHub Mode" to mycoder.ai this week has 3-5x my productivity. I've been so productive that it is almost disorienting.
benhouston3d.com/blog/github-... (also here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4329...)
My recent addition of "GitHub Mode" to mycoder.ai this week has 3-5x my productivity. I've been so productive that it is almost disorienting.
benhouston3d.com/blog/github-... (also here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4329...)
March 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"GitHub Mode" is a game changer for Agentic Coding
My recent addition of "GitHub Mode" to mycoder.ai this week has 3-5x my productivity. I've been so productive that it is almost disorienting.
benhouston3d.com/blog/github-... (also here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4329...)
My recent addition of "GitHub Mode" to mycoder.ai this week has 3-5x my productivity. I've been so productive that it is almost disorienting.
benhouston3d.com/blog/github-... (also here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4329...)
Again, can you tell when my coding agent started to really take off?
March 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Again, can you tell when my coding agent started to really take off?
I have +100 GitHub commits today for across 5 repositories and it is only 9am here. Why? I'm hitting my stride with mycoder.ai and its Github workflow.
Previous record was 94 commits yesterday. Before agentic coding, a productive long day was ~30 commits.
Previous record was 94 commits yesterday. Before agentic coding, a productive long day was ~30 commits.
March 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I have +100 GitHub commits today for across 5 repositories and it is only 9am here. Why? I'm hitting my stride with mycoder.ai and its Github workflow.
Previous record was 94 commits yesterday. Before agentic coding, a productive long day was ~30 commits.
Previous record was 94 commits yesterday. Before agentic coding, a productive long day was ~30 commits.
New homepage for mycoder.ai with the reasons why it makes you more productive:
March 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New homepage for mycoder.ai with the reasons why it makes you more productive:
Combining drone practice with hockey practice at the outdoor rink last night. #parenting.
February 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Combining drone practice with hockey practice at the outdoor rink last night. #parenting.
So got the youngest a Duplo train set and some dinosaurs. I should have thought that thru. The Dinos immediately ransacked the place. #parenting.
January 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So got the youngest a Duplo train set and some dinosaurs. I should have thought that thru. The Dinos immediately ransacked the place. #parenting.
Irresponsible parenting or checking out the Poop exhibit at the Canadian Science and Tech Museum?
December 29, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Irresponsible parenting or checking out the Poop exhibit at the Canadian Science and Tech Museum?
The biggest hit of Christmas was this simple car track. All the kiddos across the ages loved it! #parenting
December 28, 2024 at 6:17 PM
The biggest hit of Christmas was this simple car track. All the kiddos across the ages loved it! #parenting
Introducing the Princess Bride to Alice. Mostly because she has loves sword fights with Christmas wrapping rolls recently.
December 23, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Introducing the Princess Bride to Alice. Mostly because she has loves sword fights with Christmas wrapping rolls recently.
I tried @jeffgeerling.com's #raspberrypi 5 optimizations (NUMA + memory) and damn, it got a ton faster. Rarely do "tweaks" make such a difference. browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compa...
December 22, 2024 at 6:12 PM
I tried @jeffgeerling.com's #raspberrypi 5 optimizations (NUMA + memory) and damn, it got a ton faster. Rarely do "tweaks" make such a difference. browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compa...