bennherrera.dev https://bennherrera.dev/ Writing by Benn Herrera en-us Wed, 06 May 2026 04:03:20 +0000 The Soft Singularity: The Unsexy Arrival of the Augmented Mind https://bennherrera.dev/writing/the-soft-singularity/ https://bennherrera.dev/writing/the-soft-singularity/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The fog comes on little cat feet, goes the poem. Sometimes the storm doesn't make much more noise. Tales From the Inference Lab Bench: More Architectures, Safetensors https://bennherrera.dev/writing/inference-lab-bench-part-2/ https://bennherrera.dev/writing/inference-lab-bench-part-2/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Further adventures in exploring the mechanics of inference. Building a Scratch Inference Engine in Go: The School of Dirty Hands is Always In Session https://bennherrera.dev/writing/go-inference-lab-bench/ https://bennherrera.dev/writing/go-inference-lab-bench/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Inference was a hazy hand-wave. To dissipate the fog I broke it apart and put it back together. First Make It Work At All: Then Make It Nice https://bennherrera.dev/writing/first-make-it-work/ https://bennherrera.dev/writing/first-make-it-work/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Making the ideal version of a thing is tough when you're not even sure what it is. Deshittification: Why and How I Launched a Personal Site From Scratch https://bennherrera.dev/writing/deshittification/ https://bennherrera.dev/writing/deshittification/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The desires, decisions, and discoveries that led to the design and implementation of a personal site. Automation vs. AI: Asking AI to Do the Same Thing Over and Over Is Not Automation https://bennherrera.dev/writing/automation-vs-ai/ https://bennherrera.dev/writing/automation-vs-ai/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 An opinionated explanation of the why automation is still important AI Alignment by Environmental Enrichment: A Reasoned Case for Cautious Optimism https://bennherrera.dev/writing/alignment-by-enrichment/ https://bennherrera.dev/writing/alignment-by-enrichment/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A speculative essay about how a superintelligent AI might not kill us all, but may also refuse to solve all our problems The Splatting of Xplatter: Why I Tombstoned a Mobile Cross-Platform Binding Generator Halfway Through Building It https://bennherrera.dev/writing/xplatter-tombstone/ https://bennherrera.dev/writing/xplatter-tombstone/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The story of a project I started as a programmer and terminated as an engineer How the Software Is Made: Iteration Speed is Life https://bennherrera.dev/writing/how-the-software-is-made/ https://bennherrera.dev/writing/how-the-software-is-made/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A process for building software to win, plus a postscript for the arrival of agentic coding