Ben Pryke
@benpryke.bsky.social
Lead software engineer, entrepreneur, CTO of Maeva, and social exercise addict 🧗🏊🤸♂️
The internet is becoming lonely now that people are asking LLMs their questions.
When the LLM cannot answer your question, where do you turn?
When the LLM cannot answer your question, where do you turn?
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The internet is becoming lonely now that people are asking LLMs their questions.
When the LLM cannot answer your question, where do you turn?
When the LLM cannot answer your question, where do you turn?
Bluesky has locked up UK adults' private messages and is forcing users to share their private identity information with a US-based third party.
Needless to say, it is dangerous to share your identity documents with companies online and should be avoided.
The OSA is bitterly confused legislation.
Needless to say, it is dangerous to share your identity documents with companies online and should be avoided.
The OSA is bitterly confused legislation.
August 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Bluesky has locked up UK adults' private messages and is forcing users to share their private identity information with a US-based third party.
Needless to say, it is dangerous to share your identity documents with companies online and should be avoided.
The OSA is bitterly confused legislation.
Needless to say, it is dangerous to share your identity documents with companies online and should be avoided.
The OSA is bitterly confused legislation.
I reckon the fans on my laptop have spun in the region of one billion times each. ONE BILLION 😳
August 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I reckon the fans on my laptop have spun in the region of one billion times each. ONE BILLION 😳
Davinci Resolve is so bad at memory management
August 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Davinci Resolve is so bad at memory management
Today in words not on NYT Spelling Bee: laminar
July 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Today in words not on NYT Spelling Bee: laminar
WeTransfer's parent company boasts a bunch of AI work on its website. It would be no surprise if they were planning to do more with the content shared via the service.
Their rollback of the terms showed no integrity and has further angered a lot of users.
How not to do PR...
Their rollback of the terms showed no integrity and has further angered a lot of users.
How not to do PR...
July 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
WeTransfer's parent company boasts a bunch of AI work on its website. It would be no surprise if they were planning to do more with the content shared via the service.
Their rollback of the terms showed no integrity and has further angered a lot of users.
How not to do PR...
Their rollback of the terms showed no integrity and has further angered a lot of users.
How not to do PR...
If your website uses legitimate interest cookies, there's a very high probability that I will bounce.
July 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If your website uses legitimate interest cookies, there's a very high probability that I will bounce.
WeTransfer just invalidated their own value proposition.
It's no longer a secure way to transfer files.
Suicidal business move?
It's no longer a secure way to transfer files.
Suicidal business move?
July 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
WeTransfer just invalidated their own value proposition.
It's no longer a secure way to transfer files.
Suicidal business move?
It's no longer a secure way to transfer files.
Suicidal business move?
Nice article from Rob Napier on how to think about and use LLMs
cocoaphony.micro.blog/2025/06/16/t...
cocoaphony.micro.blog/2025/06/16/t...
Rob Napier - TIL:AI. Thoughts on AI
I use AI a lot for work, pretty much all day every day. I use coding assistants and custom agents I’ve built. I use AI to help code review changes, dig into bugs, and keep track of my projects. I’ve f...
cocoaphony.micro.blog
June 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Nice article from Rob Napier on how to think about and use LLMs
cocoaphony.micro.blog/2025/06/16/t...
cocoaphony.micro.blog/2025/06/16/t...
Disappointed by the new Walking with Dinosaurs.
* The dinosaurs with sharp teeth roar.
* They keep calling fossils bones.
* The animations are worse than the 22 year old originals.
* The narration is slow.
* The information density is low.
* The stories are quite uninteresting.
Low budget flop?
* The dinosaurs with sharp teeth roar.
* They keep calling fossils bones.
* The animations are worse than the 22 year old originals.
* The narration is slow.
* The information density is low.
* The stories are quite uninteresting.
Low budget flop?
June 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Disappointed by the new Walking with Dinosaurs.
* The dinosaurs with sharp teeth roar.
* They keep calling fossils bones.
* The animations are worse than the 22 year old originals.
* The narration is slow.
* The information density is low.
* The stories are quite uninteresting.
Low budget flop?
* The dinosaurs with sharp teeth roar.
* They keep calling fossils bones.
* The animations are worse than the 22 year old originals.
* The narration is slow.
* The information density is low.
* The stories are quite uninteresting.
Low budget flop?
The Hello Fresh number to text to opt out of mobile spam costs money. Is this dark pattern even legal?
June 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Hello Fresh number to text to opt out of mobile spam costs money. Is this dark pattern even legal?
Software devs can't spend their time solely reviewing code from AIs because:
* They won't be experts in the system if they haven't spent time writing it manually.
* Their skills will atrophy.
* They will struggle to fix issues the AI can't fix in code they didn't write.
* It's not fulfilling.
* They won't be experts in the system if they haven't spent time writing it manually.
* Their skills will atrophy.
* They will struggle to fix issues the AI can't fix in code they didn't write.
* It's not fulfilling.
May 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Software devs can't spend their time solely reviewing code from AIs because:
* They won't be experts in the system if they haven't spent time writing it manually.
* Their skills will atrophy.
* They will struggle to fix issues the AI can't fix in code they didn't write.
* It's not fulfilling.
* They won't be experts in the system if they haven't spent time writing it manually.
* Their skills will atrophy.
* They will struggle to fix issues the AI can't fix in code they didn't write.
* It's not fulfilling.
Life hack: when leaving the supermarket self-checkout, make eye contact with the person at the front of the queue so they know there's a free checkout.
The more people who do this, the less time you'll need to wait 🙌
The more people who do this, the less time you'll need to wait 🙌
May 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Life hack: when leaving the supermarket self-checkout, make eye contact with the person at the front of the queue so they know there's a free checkout.
The more people who do this, the less time you'll need to wait 🙌
The more people who do this, the less time you'll need to wait 🙌
Why are people suddenly saying "agentic AI" instead of "AI agents"?
The latter is:
* Shorter
* English
* ALREADY A THING
The latter is:
* Shorter
* English
* ALREADY A THING
May 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Why are people suddenly saying "agentic AI" instead of "AI agents"?
The latter is:
* Shorter
* English
* ALREADY A THING
The latter is:
* Shorter
* English
* ALREADY A THING
Companies putting products on supermarket shelves: smaller packaging is a selling point!
* Less packaging waste.
* Easier to ship.
* Easier to get home.
* Easier to store.
* Lower carbon footprint.
Supermarkets: work with brands on signage for new products so they don't have to be big to be seen.
* Less packaging waste.
* Easier to ship.
* Easier to get home.
* Easier to store.
* Lower carbon footprint.
Supermarkets: work with brands on signage for new products so they don't have to be big to be seen.
May 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Companies putting products on supermarket shelves: smaller packaging is a selling point!
* Less packaging waste.
* Easier to ship.
* Easier to get home.
* Easier to store.
* Lower carbon footprint.
Supermarkets: work with brands on signage for new products so they don't have to be big to be seen.
* Less packaging waste.
* Easier to ship.
* Easier to get home.
* Easier to store.
* Lower carbon footprint.
Supermarkets: work with brands on signage for new products so they don't have to be big to be seen.
Twitter/X is now "pay to say"
May 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Twitter/X is now "pay to say"
Today in words missing from NYT Spelling Bee: chicane. Feels both frustrating and good to find these.
May 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Today in words missing from NYT Spelling Bee: chicane. Feels both frustrating and good to find these.
Microsoft has royally screwed up.
There's still no Windows laptop that:
- Comes close the MBP M4 at the top end.
- Comes close to the Air in mid-tier.
And if you're buying cheaper, a second-hand Air is likely to outlast a similarly priced Windows laptop.
It's all about power efficiency.
There's still no Windows laptop that:
- Comes close the MBP M4 at the top end.
- Comes close to the Air in mid-tier.
And if you're buying cheaper, a second-hand Air is likely to outlast a similarly priced Windows laptop.
It's all about power efficiency.
May 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Microsoft has royally screwed up.
There's still no Windows laptop that:
- Comes close the MBP M4 at the top end.
- Comes close to the Air in mid-tier.
And if you're buying cheaper, a second-hand Air is likely to outlast a similarly priced Windows laptop.
It's all about power efficiency.
There's still no Windows laptop that:
- Comes close the MBP M4 at the top end.
- Comes close to the Air in mid-tier.
And if you're buying cheaper, a second-hand Air is likely to outlast a similarly priced Windows laptop.
It's all about power efficiency.
Any Anjunafam or melodic house fans on Bkuesky? Here's my set from Familiar Frequencies in Birmingham last weekend #Anjunadeep #MelodicHouse #SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/JHqzGyhstfsX...
on.soundcloud.com/JHqzGyhstfsX...
Familiar Frequencies 002
👀 Follow and check out my profile for more mixes.
🎧 What's your favourite track? Let me know in the comments!
🥳 This is my set from Familiar Frequencies 002 in Birmingham on April 26th, 2025
🎵
on.soundcloud.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Any Anjunafam or melodic house fans on Bkuesky? Here's my set from Familiar Frequencies in Birmingham last weekend #Anjunadeep #MelodicHouse #SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/JHqzGyhstfsX...
on.soundcloud.com/JHqzGyhstfsX...
🤮 UUIDs
😍 Base 62 UUIDs
Base 62 UUIDs use a-zA-Z0-9, making them:
1. Shorter.
2. Easier to read because of 1.
They also don't need hyphens because, again, they're shorter.
Example:
❌ 22493bf9-4ba0-45c1-bc18-f126e07c2397
✅ 2hjbqzPB38KvlNuEOYfWnP
😍 Base 62 UUIDs
Base 62 UUIDs use a-zA-Z0-9, making them:
1. Shorter.
2. Easier to read because of 1.
They also don't need hyphens because, again, they're shorter.
Example:
❌ 22493bf9-4ba0-45c1-bc18-f126e07c2397
✅ 2hjbqzPB38KvlNuEOYfWnP
April 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🤮 UUIDs
😍 Base 62 UUIDs
Base 62 UUIDs use a-zA-Z0-9, making them:
1. Shorter.
2. Easier to read because of 1.
They also don't need hyphens because, again, they're shorter.
Example:
❌ 22493bf9-4ba0-45c1-bc18-f126e07c2397
✅ 2hjbqzPB38KvlNuEOYfWnP
😍 Base 62 UUIDs
Base 62 UUIDs use a-zA-Z0-9, making them:
1. Shorter.
2. Easier to read because of 1.
They also don't need hyphens because, again, they're shorter.
Example:
❌ 22493bf9-4ba0-45c1-bc18-f126e07c2397
✅ 2hjbqzPB38KvlNuEOYfWnP
Looking at the UK Equality Act 2010, the terms "biological sex", "biological woman", and "biological man" are not defined.
How, then, is the recent UK supreme court ruling defined?
I don't think a clear definition of biological sex actually exists, and the closer you look the fuzzier it gets.
How, then, is the recent UK supreme court ruling defined?
I don't think a clear definition of biological sex actually exists, and the closer you look the fuzzier it gets.
April 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Looking at the UK Equality Act 2010, the terms "biological sex", "biological woman", and "biological man" are not defined.
How, then, is the recent UK supreme court ruling defined?
I don't think a clear definition of biological sex actually exists, and the closer you look the fuzzier it gets.
How, then, is the recent UK supreme court ruling defined?
I don't think a clear definition of biological sex actually exists, and the closer you look the fuzzier it gets.
Was Trump really just proposing high tariffs in order to negotiate better deals?
Who will believe him next time?
Who will believe him next time?
April 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Was Trump really just proposing high tariffs in order to negotiate better deals?
Who will believe him next time?
Who will believe him next time?
I don't want Meta AI in WhatsApp, or Messenger, or any chat app. It dilutes the product.
April 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I don't want Meta AI in WhatsApp, or Messenger, or any chat app. It dilutes the product.
Booking a flight in advance is cheaper as compensation for the number of scary emails you'll get telling you the time, aircraft, airport, or planet of departure has changed.
April 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Booking a flight in advance is cheaper as compensation for the number of scary emails you'll get telling you the time, aircraft, airport, or planet of departure has changed.
There is no reason today that you couldn't put an AI agent in charge of a cloud compute budget of millions and request that it improves itself.
We will soon find out how linear or nonlinear growth in this kind of intelligence is.
We will soon find out how linear or nonlinear growth in this kind of intelligence is.
April 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
There is no reason today that you couldn't put an AI agent in charge of a cloud compute budget of millions and request that it improves itself.
We will soon find out how linear or nonlinear growth in this kind of intelligence is.
We will soon find out how linear or nonlinear growth in this kind of intelligence is.