Ben Labaschin
@econoben.dev
Machine learning, economics, Chicago -> San Diego
Principal MLE, Workhelix
Principal MLE, Workhelix
Writing another O'Reilly report! 📚 This time: Managing Memory for AI Agents
Giving a talk about it at @mlopscommunity.bsky.social on July 17 @ 1:55 PM
Memory management is becoming critical as we build more sophisticated agents. Will dive into challenges & solutions.
Giving a talk about it at @mlopscommunity.bsky.social on July 17 @ 1:55 PM
Memory management is becoming critical as we build more sophisticated agents. Will dive into challenges & solutions.
July 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Writing another O'Reilly report! 📚 This time: Managing Memory for AI Agents
Giving a talk about it at @mlopscommunity.bsky.social on July 17 @ 1:55 PM
Memory management is becoming critical as we build more sophisticated agents. Will dive into challenges & solutions.
Giving a talk about it at @mlopscommunity.bsky.social on July 17 @ 1:55 PM
Memory management is becoming critical as we build more sophisticated agents. Will dive into challenges & solutions.
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Now, imagine a simple model in which activists opt to engage in nonviolent or violent resistance and then the state responds with typical or excess force. (To be clear, the world is more complicated, but these simplifying assumptions help us describe some common patterns.) 3/
February 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Now, imagine a simple model in which activists opt to engage in nonviolent or violent resistance and then the state responds with typical or excess force. (To be clear, the world is more complicated, but these simplifying assumptions help us describe some common patterns.) 3/
I'm excited to share our new firm-level research on how AI exposure varies across US firms, published in AEA Papers & Proceedings.
My co-author Sam Manning wrote a great recap of our findings here: x.com/sj_manning/s...
Paper is out in AEA Papers & Proceedings: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
My co-author Sam Manning wrote a great recap of our findings here: x.com/sj_manning/s...
Paper is out in AEA Papers & Proceedings: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
x.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm excited to share our new firm-level research on how AI exposure varies across US firms, published in AEA Papers & Proceedings.
My co-author Sam Manning wrote a great recap of our findings here: x.com/sj_manning/s...
Paper is out in AEA Papers & Proceedings: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
My co-author Sam Manning wrote a great recap of our findings here: x.com/sj_manning/s...
Paper is out in AEA Papers & Proceedings: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Uber Eats really wants me to go to Applebees.
April 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Uber Eats really wants me to go to Applebees.
Was on vacation with family for a week. So naturally, I built a new personal website. With all the chaos out there, I figured it was nice to know that SWE's are still out there rebuilding their websites for the thousandth time.
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April 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Was on vacation with family for a week. So naturally, I built a new personal website. With all the chaos out there, I figured it was nice to know that SWE's are still out there rebuilding their websites for the thousandth time.
econoben.dev
econoben.dev
Get off the Metra at Ogivile, step into Chicago. Guy across the street, standing by himself, holding a giant, bloody sign. yelling at people for their sins.
guy rides by him on a divvy. shouts “kill yourself!” keeps riding.
I think to myself: “ahhh, I’m home."
guy rides by him on a divvy. shouts “kill yourself!” keeps riding.
I think to myself: “ahhh, I’m home."
April 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Get off the Metra at Ogivile, step into Chicago. Guy across the street, standing by himself, holding a giant, bloody sign. yelling at people for their sins.
guy rides by him on a divvy. shouts “kill yourself!” keeps riding.
I think to myself: “ahhh, I’m home."
guy rides by him on a divvy. shouts “kill yourself!” keeps riding.
I think to myself: “ahhh, I’m home."
Hey, journalists, here's an idea: when an elected representative claims to want to "test" the constitution, why not...follow up on that?
Here's an example:
BRENNAN: We should test the constitution.
GOOD JOURNALIST: Hold on. You're telling the American people you want to *test* the constitution?
Here's an example:
BRENNAN: We should test the constitution.
GOOD JOURNALIST: Hold on. You're telling the American people you want to *test* the constitution?
BRENNAN: Do you believe the president has the unilateral authority to cancel funds appropriated by Congress?
JOHN CURTIS: We'll find out
BRENNAN: You don't have a point of view?
CURTIS: I believe this is how we test the Constitution
JOHN CURTIS: We'll find out
BRENNAN: You don't have a point of view?
CURTIS: I believe this is how we test the Constitution
February 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hey, journalists, here's an idea: when an elected representative claims to want to "test" the constitution, why not...follow up on that?
Here's an example:
BRENNAN: We should test the constitution.
GOOD JOURNALIST: Hold on. You're telling the American people you want to *test* the constitution?
Here's an example:
BRENNAN: We should test the constitution.
GOOD JOURNALIST: Hold on. You're telling the American people you want to *test* the constitution?
trying out o3-mini-high. If you think this inner monologue is rough, you should see mine.
January 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
trying out o3-mini-high. If you think this inner monologue is rough, you should see mine.
Wario. Would you say that it was gone in a SNAP.🫰 ??? … Wario, where are you going? Would you say it was gone in a snap Wario?! 😭 😭 😭
Marvel Snap is now banned in the U.S. seemingly as part of the TikTok ban
January 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Wario. Would you say that it was gone in a SNAP.🫰 ??? … Wario, where are you going? Would you say it was gone in a snap Wario?! 😭 😭 😭
I choose a random word every time. Yes there are better words to start with but I do okay.
January 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I choose a random word every time. Yes there are better words to start with but I do okay.
Yall probably out here thinking “squid” is a bad choice.
January 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Yall probably out here thinking “squid” is a bad choice.
Starting my year off by demonstrating how to serve your own, private LLM you can access from anywhere in the world. A nice little engineering challenge I undertook while on break.
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.
benjaminlabaschin.com/host-your-ow...
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.
benjaminlabaschin.com/host-your-ow...
Host Your Own Private LLM Access It From Anywhere - BJL
Learn how to build your own private, secure LLM service. Access your personal AI assistant from anywhere while keeping your data completely private.
benjaminlabaschin.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Starting my year off by demonstrating how to serve your own, private LLM you can access from anywhere in the world. A nice little engineering challenge I undertook while on break.
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.
benjaminlabaschin.com/host-your-ow...
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.
benjaminlabaschin.com/host-your-ow...
‘uv pip install torch’
Next. 🦦
Next. 🦦
December 31, 2024 at 1:54 AM
‘uv pip install torch’
Next. 🦦
Next. 🦦
some of y'all who work in recommendations still don't get it.
the key to recommendations is to get your friends to text you videos and memes instead. It's called a "curated third-party algorithm" 💅
the key to recommendations is to get your friends to text you videos and memes instead. It's called a "curated third-party algorithm" 💅
December 30, 2024 at 3:00 AM
some of y'all who work in recommendations still don't get it.
the key to recommendations is to get your friends to text you videos and memes instead. It's called a "curated third-party algorithm" 💅
the key to recommendations is to get your friends to text you videos and memes instead. It's called a "curated third-party algorithm" 💅
officially at the "place a heating pad on my chair for my back" stage of life.
it's glorious. 10/10.
it's glorious. 10/10.
December 25, 2024 at 9:05 PM
officially at the "place a heating pad on my chair for my back" stage of life.
it's glorious. 10/10.
it's glorious. 10/10.
Atlas appreciates when I take a break.
December 23, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Atlas appreciates when I take a break.
New album dropping soon
December 22, 2024 at 2:44 AM
New album dropping soon
Oh me? I went to a little school outside of Boston... wayyyy outside of Boston.
in Illinois
in Illinois
December 19, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Oh me? I went to a little school outside of Boston... wayyyy outside of Boston.
in Illinois
in Illinois
y'all are getting DMs about jobs, I'm getting DM's about lawnmowers, we are not the same.
December 18, 2024 at 4:16 PM
y'all are getting DMs about jobs, I'm getting DM's about lawnmowers, we are not the same.
My mom went back to school for...her 5th degree. She's graduating today. This is her third masters (after already getting a PhD). This time in WW2 studies with a specialization on the Holocaust. She has always been, and continues to be, an inspiration.
December 18, 2024 at 2:04 AM
My mom went back to school for...her 5th degree. She's graduating today. This is her third masters (after already getting a PhD). This time in WW2 studies with a specialization on the Holocaust. She has always been, and continues to be, an inspiration.
Good summary.
Many popular frameworks such as @duckdb.org don’t currently integrate with iceberg well, per Nikhil.
Specifically, compact functions—necessary for iceberg table maintenance—don’t exist. So you need to rely on clunky tools like spark.
For now, I don’t plan on using these APIs much.
Many popular frameworks such as @duckdb.org don’t currently integrate with iceberg well, per Nikhil.
Specifically, compact functions—necessary for iceberg table maintenance—don’t exist. So you need to rely on clunky tools like spark.
For now, I don’t plan on using these APIs much.
S3 (Iceberg) Tables is everything I dreamt of, and more. I blogged some long-form thoughts: meltware.com/2024/12/04/s...
I think we're about to see an explosion of data tools (@materialize.com, @clickhouse.com, @duckdb.org, et al.) learn to write Iceberg tables via S3 table buckets.
#databs
I think we're about to see an explosion of data tools (@materialize.com, @clickhouse.com, @duckdb.org, et al.) learn to write Iceberg tables via S3 table buckets.
#databs
A First Look at S3 (Iceberg) Tables
AWS announced S3 Tables today, which brings native support for Apache Iceberg to S3. It’s hard to overstate how exciting this is for the data analytics ecosystem. This post is a quick rundown of my th...
meltware.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Good summary.
Many popular frameworks such as @duckdb.org don’t currently integrate with iceberg well, per Nikhil.
Specifically, compact functions—necessary for iceberg table maintenance—don’t exist. So you need to rely on clunky tools like spark.
For now, I don’t plan on using these APIs much.
Many popular frameworks such as @duckdb.org don’t currently integrate with iceberg well, per Nikhil.
Specifically, compact functions—necessary for iceberg table maintenance—don’t exist. So you need to rely on clunky tools like spark.
For now, I don’t plan on using these APIs much.
I'm just ridiculously pleased with this.
"So we spin on, idiots against the rotation, borne back absolutely into the past"
Get rotated idiot. Get absolutely spun
December 3, 2024 at 7:51 PM
I'm just ridiculously pleased with this.
"So we spin on, idiots against the rotation, borne back absolutely into the past"
Get rotated idiot. Get absolutely spun
🇰🇷❗️
December 3, 2024 at 5:47 PM
"So we spin on, idiots against the rotation, borne back absolutely into the past"
November 30, 2024 at 6:55 PM