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@concourse-codes.bsky.social
meeting at the concourse of coding, climate, cities & culture.
I also make music: @stoicdapoet
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Hey! I'm Ben. Check out my website to learn a bit more about me: www.concourse.codes
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been exploring #ollama recently to see how local LLMs work. started off with gemma3:1b, real small, runs quickly, smoothly. Answers are a bit off for fact checking.. but!!

Got on airplane, was doing some html coding.. forgot syntax, asked Ollama, got some correct answers!

point proved! #software
January 7, 2026 at 8:50 PM
fellow #greensky people - what's your strategy for fighting against this kind of attack on in-progress renewable energy projects? (Boston Business Journal article behind paywall, archive link here) #sustainability #climate

archive.is/cIhXz
archive.is
December 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
having fun exploring the world of solarpunk. very much resisting the urge to start a solarpunk blog to share my discoveries xD #greensky #solarpunk
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
if you are an ADHD web dev who loves "new & shiny" things and you are NOT using AI to build out your ideas, I just have to ask... what are ya doing!?! #webdev #softwaredevelopment
December 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Reposted by ben
After a day of dead-serious reporting on Trump's and Vought's attempted demolition of @ncar-acom.bsky.social, it's worth re-upping Woody Allen's 1973 "Sleeper" portrait of this climate research hub. The black and white photos are from NCAR's online archive (link is in my post below). #saveNCAR 🧪🌏
December 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
imagine getting triggered by this and wanting to cancel it 😂

you cannot make this up whatsoever 😂 😂 #climatesky
December 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
do you use multiple online identities for various hobbies/pursuits, or all under one name? i've got my artist account and my dev/other account. i feel that's fair, but sometimes feel like representing opinions under both.

thoughts?

#bluesky
December 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
plenty of ideas streaming out of AI-genned apps, what are some that you've found to be quite useful?
December 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Two more AI-dev observations:

- I am actively using Google AI Studio multiple times a week, it is fantastic for all those neat ideas that come tumbling out

- Once projects get too big for ^ , moving to Firebase Studio is some shiiiiiii!!! Don't do that! Painfully rebasing to local now.

#webdev
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Actually, I am quite impressed by the smoothness of the developer experience when it comes to whipping up neat little app ideas using Google AI Studio.

I'm as much of a google skeptic as anyone but however they have built up the instructions behind the tool is solid

#webdev
been tinkering with Google AI Studio and am impressed with Gemini's recent models for code generation.

I think GPT-5 & Claude Sonnet 4.5 are probably better for complex codebases, but as far as conversationally building apps goes - Gemini 2.5 is pretty solid. Thoughts? #webdev #ai
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Started a blog in 2025 as more of a personal journal kinda thing, have had a lot of fun. Reaching my free tier limit and that's okay; feels like a good time to start fresh.

The problem? I want a Concourse blog. But also a newsletter? But they should be different? No clue! stay tuned ;)
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
been tinkering with Google AI Studio and am impressed with Gemini's recent models for code generation.

I think GPT-5 & Claude Sonnet 4.5 are probably better for complex codebases, but as far as conversationally building apps goes - Gemini 2.5 is pretty solid. Thoughts? #webdev #ai
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
back to coding up HTML websites and really enjoying it lol #webdev
October 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
went offgrid for a week last month and have since lost most desire to "be active" online.. feels wonderful (a little lonely?)
October 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
despite the doomerism in my last post, having fun working with the Gemini and OpenAI api to build user flows.

anybody find any fun ways to utilize these APIs themselves?

#webdev #softwaredev #dev
September 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
i tend to think the AI hype is sliiightly overblown by execs but honestly y'all software devs are completely cooked:

openai.com/index/introd...

#webdev #ai #chatgpt
September 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
still searching for a good spot to reflect on recent learnings, ponderings, and development udpates. Trying out DEV (dot) to. A bit of a lazy first post but felt good to get the juices flowing about a creative topic.

dev.to/concourseben...
TIL: Color Analysis
It's how these things go on teams, budgets, and companies large and small - you set out with one goal...
dev.to
September 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
some more simple updates to improve the general smoothness & quickness of this rebuilt table in braindump.

I can't tell if I feel dumb / wasting time by doing this stuff or it it's slightly rewarding & satisfying to built out some basic features myself

#webdev #softwaredevelopment
August 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Realized my recent "MVP" is a joke because it's too slow. I was trying to build a table from scratch just for practice & refresh, but now feel like I tried to invent the wheel for no reason lol.

Trying out Tanstack Table for React, feels a bit faster already.

#webdev #softwaredevelopment
August 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
okay, actually stopping myself mid-session before going way down the rabbit hole lol.

how do people like Tanstack Table? i custom-built my table for braindump just for kicks but at this point it feels unnecessary, thinking to use something proven. thoughts?

#webdev #softwaredevelopment
August 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Someone roast my awful UI for picking the color based on a track?

I consider myself a generally creative person but UI is apparently definitely not my strong suit LOL.

#webdev #ui #ux #softwaredev
August 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
at what point do you look at a side project and say, "I need to start fresh " versus, "I need to push thru to solve this"?

I'm super far into a project that I'm realizing could have been done better on several fronts, but I've put a lot of effort in.

#webdev #softwaredevelopers
August 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
what's your go-to morning drink, if any?

ik some of y'all get real fancy lol. im over here with my cafe bustelo, only the most authentic all-natural instant coffee😆

#webdev #softwaredevelopers #tech
August 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
what was the first website that ever made you stop and say "dang! this is cool"??

#webdev #internet #softwaredevelopers
August 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM