techno.blog("Dion")

TL;DR AS A MIDDLE AGED BLOKE WITH SUBTLE NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS, THE JUICE MAY NOT YET BE WORTH THE SQUEEZE GETTING LASIK… IT DEPENDS ON YOUR SITUATION! NOTE: This was originally posted on my own ...

https://medium.com/ben-and-dion/what-i-wish-i-knew-before-getting-lasik-a-month-ago-7e41b2f46ce2?source=rss-ed9276fc43dc------2

NOTE: This was originally posted on my own corner of the Internet. I love my layer cakes, and recently spoke about layered design systems that allow for developers to jump in at the layer that...

https://medium.com/ben-and-dion/piece-together-your-platform-with-lego-blocks-sets-and-kits-2e9a12378cf?source=rss-ed9276fc43dc------2

As I use LLMs to help me build software I keep running into situations where there is a missing piece and leverage point, that if injected will dramatically raise the quality of creation: subject...

https://medium.com/ben-and-dion/ai-hints-json-how-the-ecosystem-will-help-the-bots-8f074ef6b06f?source=rss-ed9276fc43dc------2

Management is a story of hill climbing. I started to reflect on this more while thinking about football management, a task that fits into more finite game theory. NOTE: This was originally pos...

https://medium.com/ben-and-dion/the-pursuit-of-taller-hills-lessons-from-football-and-product-management-5347356d52ec?source=rss-ed9276fc43dc------2

NOTE: This was originally posted on my own corner of the Internet. So often, when building a design system, we end up building something rigid that we will struggle with as time goes by. When ...

https://medium.com/ben-and-dion/building-a-modern-design-system-in-layers-ef5551e60d84?source=rss-ed9276fc43dc------2

I’m flying to Google I/O at Shoreline Amphitheater, a place that holds many great memories of times with teams and developers. NOTE: This was originally posted on my own corner of the Intern...

https://medium.com/ben-and-dion/google-a-i-o-2023-in-person-matters-6ef4e81b9e32?source=rss-ed9276fc43dc------2

Don’t leave him behind, or with a jump that’s just too far! NOTE: This was originally posted on my own corner of the Internet. Nothing is static. The world is moving, and it’s the job...

https://medium.com/ben-and-dion/help-mario-reach-the-next-platform-60fccb1c8be9?source=rss-ed9276fc43dc------2

Creativity & Constraints, Foundations & Flywheels The developer community is buzzing around the new world of LLMs. Roadmaps for the year are getting ripped up one month in, and there is a whole...

https://medium.com/ben-and-dion/genai-lessons-working-with-llms-7218cc46f765?source=rss-ed9276fc43dc------2

Midjourney drivers in first gear DON’T SIT AND WAIT, GET TINKERING! We are almost at the end of the first month of 2023, and you are working on executing on the year’s strategy, but we are...

https://medium.com/ben-and-dion/generative-ai-its-time-to-get-into-first-gear-687a6f6dc497?source=rss-ed9276fc43dc------2

We can do so much to help tech writers scale their efforts and help developers learn! NOTE: This was originally posted on my own corner of the Internet. I know, I know, the current hammer du...

https://medium.com/ben-and-dion/developer-docs-genai-%EF%B8%8F-ab4a2ee25528?source=rss-ed9276fc43dc------2