Ben Luts
@benluts.bsky.social
Bassplayer, learning guitar, .Net developer / coach / public speaker, motorcycle enthusiast, petrolhead, miniature painter, backyard BBQ Hero
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With more and more open source projects switching to some sort of commercial licensing model with discounts for small business and community projects, the question keeps coming up: is a 100% discount the same as "free"?
So I made a video about it. What do you think?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpI8...
So I made a video about it. What do you think?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpI8...
Is a 100% Discount the Same as “Free”?
YouTube video by Dylan Beattie
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
With more and more open source projects switching to some sort of commercial licensing model with discounts for small business and community projects, the question keeps coming up: is a 100% discount the same as "free"?
So I made a video about it. What do you think?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpI8...
So I made a video about it. What do you think?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpI8...
Use AI they said, it will be fun they said, you'll get more productive they said. *Sigh*
Asking Co-Pilot with Claude to not modify anything, modifies multiple files anyway. Telling it to do something line by line so verification can be done, does multiple lines anyway and messes things up. 😑
Asking Co-Pilot with Claude to not modify anything, modifies multiple files anyway. Telling it to do something line by line so verification can be done, does multiple lines anyway and messes things up. 😑
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Use AI they said, it will be fun they said, you'll get more productive they said. *Sigh*
Asking Co-Pilot with Claude to not modify anything, modifies multiple files anyway. Telling it to do something line by line so verification can be done, does multiple lines anyway and messes things up. 😑
Asking Co-Pilot with Claude to not modify anything, modifies multiple files anyway. Telling it to do something line by line so verification can be done, does multiple lines anyway and messes things up. 😑
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Putting all your controllers in one directory and your views in another
Is like putting the cortisone and hemorrhoid cream in the drawer with toothpaste because they're all tubes.
Is like putting the cortisone and hemorrhoid cream in the drawer with toothpaste because they're all tubes.
August 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Putting all your controllers in one directory and your views in another
Is like putting the cortisone and hemorrhoid cream in the drawer with toothpaste because they're all tubes.
Is like putting the cortisone and hemorrhoid cream in the drawer with toothpaste because they're all tubes.
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This was a tough talk to get right, and I'm not convinced @icooper.bsky.social and I got everything. At the very least, I hope it made you think about how you instrument your Event Driven Apps.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7K5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7K5...
Modern Observability and Event Driven Architectures - Martin Thwaites & Ian Cooper - NDC Oslo 2025
YouTube video by NDC Conferences
www.youtube.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This was a tough talk to get right, and I'm not convinced @icooper.bsky.social and I got everything. At the very least, I hope it made you think about how you instrument your Event Driven Apps.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7K5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7K5...
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We are very far over the cliff here folks
August 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
We are very far over the cliff here folks
Speaking at conferences about it was not enough, so I wrote a blogpost on outside in testing as well 🙂. Inspired by @icooper.bsky.social & @martindotnet.bsky.social
allphi.eu/blog/outside...
allphi.eu/blog/outside...
Outside in testing - To mock or not to Stub
allphi.eu
July 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Speaking at conferences about it was not enough, so I wrote a blogpost on outside in testing as well 🙂. Inspired by @icooper.bsky.social & @martindotnet.bsky.social
allphi.eu/blog/outside...
allphi.eu/blog/outside...
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I don't know who might need to hear this*, but unit testing your validation logic with a single test to make sure it doesn't error, isn't actually testing.
func Validate() bool { return true; }
*I know exactly who needs to hear this.
func Validate() bool { return true; }
*I know exactly who needs to hear this.
June 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I don't know who might need to hear this*, but unit testing your validation logic with a single test to make sure it doesn't error, isn't actually testing.
func Validate() bool { return true; }
*I know exactly who needs to hear this.
func Validate() bool { return true; }
*I know exactly who needs to hear this.
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From one of the people I trust most on LLMs - a clear explanation of a common and very dangerous security threat
And yes, this is effectively me trying to get the world to care about prompt injection by trying out a new term for a subset of the problem!
I hope this captures the risk to end users in a more visceral way - particularly important now that people are mixing and matching MCP servers themselves
I hope this captures the risk to end users in a more visceral way - particularly important now that people are mixing and matching MCP servers themselves
June 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
From one of the people I trust most on LLMs - a clear explanation of a common and very dangerous security threat
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these people are so weird
June 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
these people are so weird
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
I just love that all those fancy algorithms on socials to show me "relevant" posts always show me stuff from at least two weeks ago! *Sarcasm*
June 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I just love that all those fancy algorithms on socials to show me "relevant" posts always show me stuff from at least two weeks ago! *Sarcasm*
I’m still looking for donations to support prostate cancer research! gfolk.me/BenLuts431943
The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride
On Sunday the 18th May 2025, I'm riding in The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride with fellow men and women across the globe to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer and men's mental health on beh...
gfolk.me
May 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I’m still looking for donations to support prostate cancer research! gfolk.me/BenLuts431943
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Trying to explain the situation to leadership...
May 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trying to explain the situation to leadership...
Has it been a year already?
May 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Has it been a year already?
I'll be back speaking at @techorama.bsky.social in Antwerp! Trying to improve your code one test at a time! techorama.be/agenda/sessi...
Agenda | Techorama
techorama.be
May 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I'll be back speaking at @techorama.bsky.social in Antwerp! Trying to improve your code one test at a time! techorama.be/agenda/sessi...
So I finally got up and running over here! I wasn't really active over on Mastodon to begin with, but expect to see even less over there and more over here!
April 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
So I finally got up and running over here! I wasn't really active over on Mastodon to begin with, but expect to see even less over there and more over here!