Buster Benson
@busterbenson.com
Founder of https://750words.com. Author of “Why Are We Yelling? The Art of Productive Disagreement”. Temporarily human. http://busterbenson.com
Any thoughts or predictions about what the next generation of AI-assisted product manager + full-stack engineer + prototype builder + data analyst role will be called? A full-stack generalist? The last employed person? It's both exciting and kinda dark to contemplate.
August 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Any thoughts or predictions about what the next generation of AI-assisted product manager + full-stack engineer + prototype builder + data analyst role will be called? A full-stack generalist? The last employed person? It's both exciting and kinda dark to contemplate.
Does anyone want to join me in the monthly challenge on 750words.com? It starts on Monday. Here's a one month free coupon so it's free for a month, even after the free trial: MONTHLYCHALLENGE
If you haven't used the site in a while (or ever) I'd love your feedback!
If you haven't used the site in a while (or ever) I'd love your feedback!
August 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Does anyone want to join me in the monthly challenge on 750words.com? It starts on Monday. Here's a one month free coupon so it's free for a month, even after the free trial: MONTHLYCHALLENGE
If you haven't used the site in a while (or ever) I'd love your feedback!
If you haven't used the site in a while (or ever) I'd love your feedback!
I'm hosting a small salon this weekend on the topic of the nature of reality, and built a fun quiz to help people identify their belief system / understanding of the nature of reality. If you want to help test it out and let me know if it works for you or not, try it here:
cosmology-quiz.vercel.app
cosmology-quiz.vercel.app
August 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I'm hosting a small salon this weekend on the topic of the nature of reality, and built a fun quiz to help people identify their belief system / understanding of the nature of reality. If you want to help test it out and let me know if it works for you or not, try it here:
cosmology-quiz.vercel.app
cosmology-quiz.vercel.app
Scientists always talk about the singularity around a black hole where space bends enough that “even light cannot escape”. At my best I could run a mile in about 5 minutes. Can they start talking about the effective singularity where I wouldn’t be able to escape? That seems like an important detail.
August 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Scientists always talk about the singularity around a black hole where space bends enough that “even light cannot escape”. At my best I could run a mile in about 5 minutes. Can they start talking about the effective singularity where I wouldn’t be able to escape? That seems like an important detail.
I reached the first milestone of basically re-writing the entire frontend of 750words.com via vibe coding, upgrading the frameworks and adding a few big features. It ultimately led to 86k lines of code that I chatted into existence.
July 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I reached the first milestone of basically re-writing the entire frontend of 750words.com via vibe coding, upgrading the frameworks and adding a few big features. It ultimately led to 86k lines of code that I chatted into existence.
I’m running a new experimental prisoner’s dilemma tournament, pitting ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini against a team of humans. If you’re interested in game theory and/or curious to see how well we can do against these AIs, I think this will be a lot of fun to watch.
Wanna play an Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Tournament between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and humans?
How will we do against the LLMs in this classic game of cooperation and betrayal?
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June 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I’m running a new experimental prisoner’s dilemma tournament, pitting ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini against a team of humans. If you’re interested in game theory and/or curious to see how well we can do against these AIs, I think this will be a lot of fun to watch.
I attempted to use AI to migrate 750words.com to the latest versions or Nuxt+Vue back in February, and struggled for 2 weeks before giving up on what was likely a 1-2 month task.
Yesterday I tried again (from scratch) with the latest Claude 4 and Cursor, and caught up to where I was in ~3 hours!
Yesterday I tried again (from scratch) with the latest Claude 4 and Cursor, and caught up to where I was in ~3 hours!
June 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I attempted to use AI to migrate 750words.com to the latest versions or Nuxt+Vue back in February, and struggled for 2 weeks before giving up on what was likely a 1-2 month task.
Yesterday I tried again (from scratch) with the latest Claude 4 and Cursor, and caught up to where I was in ~3 hours!
Yesterday I tried again (from scratch) with the latest Claude 4 and Cursor, and caught up to where I was in ~3 hours!
In your own mental simulation of the present and future, would the arrival of AGI increase or decrease our chances of mitigating the worst case climate crisis scenarios?
April 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In your own mental simulation of the present and future, would the arrival of AGI increase or decrease our chances of mitigating the worst case climate crisis scenarios?
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dear @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social and nerdfighters
my friend @wysr.xyz and i yapped about everything is tuberculosis on youtube
we aspire to you and @hankgreen.bsky.social 's awesomeness!
p.s. fellow chaplain here of the buddhist variety
youtu.be/I2l2RlbUGow
my friend @wysr.xyz and i yapped about everything is tuberculosis on youtube
we aspire to you and @hankgreen.bsky.social 's awesomeness!
p.s. fellow chaplain here of the buddhist variety
youtu.be/I2l2RlbUGow
Neuroscientist breaks down John Green's new book
YouTube video by OK Banger
youtu.be
April 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
dear @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social and nerdfighters
my friend @wysr.xyz and i yapped about everything is tuberculosis on youtube
we aspire to you and @hankgreen.bsky.social 's awesomeness!
p.s. fellow chaplain here of the buddhist variety
youtu.be/I2l2RlbUGow
my friend @wysr.xyz and i yapped about everything is tuberculosis on youtube
we aspire to you and @hankgreen.bsky.social 's awesomeness!
p.s. fellow chaplain here of the buddhist variety
youtu.be/I2l2RlbUGow
As a trapped Tesla owner myself, I reserved a Rivian R2 recently and was thinking they should include a bumper sticker for us saying as much.
April 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As a trapped Tesla owner myself, I reserved a Rivian R2 recently and was thinking they should include a bumper sticker for us saying as much.
Quick question! At first glance, can you read this latest version of the #quirkyclock:
busterbenson.com/clock
If not, can you let me know which aspect is challenging to wrap your head around? (Note: it's meant to be disorienting, so don't feel bad if it makes no sense or hurts your head.)
busterbenson.com/clock
If not, can you let me know which aspect is challenging to wrap your head around? (Note: it's meant to be disorienting, so don't feel bad if it makes no sense or hurts your head.)
March 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Quick question! At first glance, can you read this latest version of the #quirkyclock:
busterbenson.com/clock
If not, can you let me know which aspect is challenging to wrap your head around? (Note: it's meant to be disorienting, so don't feel bad if it makes no sense or hurts your head.)
busterbenson.com/clock
If not, can you let me know which aspect is challenging to wrap your head around? (Note: it's meant to be disorienting, so don't feel bad if it makes no sense or hurts your head.)
If I shared three links, one that pointed to Medium, one that pointed to Substack, and one that pointed to my self-hosted blog, which one would you click on and why?
a) Medium
b) Substack
c) self-hosted blog
c) none of the above
a) Medium
b) Substack
c) self-hosted blog
c) none of the above
March 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If I shared three links, one that pointed to Medium, one that pointed to Substack, and one that pointed to my self-hosted blog, which one would you click on and why?
a) Medium
b) Substack
c) self-hosted blog
c) none of the above
a) Medium
b) Substack
c) self-hosted blog
c) none of the above
Do you use a journaling app (other than 750words.com--I know about that one!) that integrates with AI in any way? What do you think of it? I wanna round up of all the different ways this is being done and review them and share thoughts back. Hellppp!
March 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Do you use a journaling app (other than 750words.com--I know about that one!) that integrates with AI in any way? What do you think of it? I wanna round up of all the different ways this is being done and review them and share thoughts back. Hellppp!
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From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
They really need to make a better drool emoji
March 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
They really need to make a better drool emoji
I didn't expect it to be so delightful to boycott Amazon. They pioneered frictionless online shopping so well that now almost everyone can do it (and it's fun finding new businesses), and in the cases that I do have to visit a place in person... also not the worst thing in the world! 🌈 ✨
March 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I didn't expect it to be so delightful to boycott Amazon. They pioneered frictionless online shopping so well that now almost everyone can do it (and it's fun finding new businesses), and in the cases that I do have to visit a place in person... also not the worst thing in the world! 🌈 ✨
After using Claude 3.7 Sonnet for a week, I think it's safe to say that the days of googling error messages and strange bugs is not long for the world.
I guess the question is... what will happen when people stop posting these questions (and answers) to the web? Will LLMs train themselves?
I guess the question is... what will happen when people stop posting these questions (and answers) to the web? Will LLMs train themselves?
March 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
After using Claude 3.7 Sonnet for a week, I think it's safe to say that the days of googling error messages and strange bugs is not long for the world.
I guess the question is... what will happen when people stop posting these questions (and answers) to the web? Will LLMs train themselves?
I guess the question is... what will happen when people stop posting these questions (and answers) to the web? Will LLMs train themselves?
Deleted Amazon off my phone, and cancelled all my Subscribe and Saves. And won’t use them on the web anymore either. I need to spend less anyway, and seems easier to do now than it has in the past. Not sure about AWS though…
March 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Deleted Amazon off my phone, and cancelled all my Subscribe and Saves. And won’t use them on the web anymore either. I need to spend less anyway, and seems easier to do now than it has in the past. Not sure about AWS though…
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Pedro Pascal responding to transphobia on social media: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” (via @charliejane.bsky.social) [capitalfm.com]
Pedro Pascal calls out “vile and pathetic” transphobic trolls after defending trans rights
Pedro Pascal, whose sister Lux is a trans woman, is a prominent trans ally and he has no time for transphobia.
www.capitalfm.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Pedro Pascal responding to transphobia on social media: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” (via @charliejane.bsky.social) [capitalfm.com]
Remember the "life in weeks" thing I built a while ago? busterbenson.com/life-in-weeks
@ginatrapani.org has gone and leveled it up and made her code available as well! weeks.ginatrapani.org
More people should do the exercise of identifying the formative events of their lives. Now's your chance!
@ginatrapani.org has gone and leveled it up and made her code available as well! weeks.ginatrapani.org
More people should do the exercise of identifying the formative events of their lives. Now's your chance!
Life in Weeks
My life, where each week I’ve been alive is a little box, inspired by this post by Tim Urban. When meaningful things happen (for both better and worse) I make a note of it so I can remember how much o...
busterbenson.com
February 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Remember the "life in weeks" thing I built a while ago? busterbenson.com/life-in-weeks
@ginatrapani.org has gone and leveled it up and made her code available as well! weeks.ginatrapani.org
More people should do the exercise of identifying the formative events of their lives. Now's your chance!
@ginatrapani.org has gone and leveled it up and made her code available as well! weeks.ginatrapani.org
More people should do the exercise of identifying the formative events of their lives. Now's your chance!
I'm gonna spend a week or so tinkering with XCode and Swift and see how far I can get towards building a bare bones app for 750words.com. I've watched a couple tutorial videos and am kind of 🤯 by how much simpler app dev has gotten since Objective-C. Has anyone built their first Swift app recently?
February 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm gonna spend a week or so tinkering with XCode and Swift and see how far I can get towards building a bare bones app for 750words.com. I've watched a couple tutorial videos and am kind of 🤯 by how much simpler app dev has gotten since Objective-C. Has anyone built their first Swift app recently?
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Had so much fun riffing on this, thanks again for publishing your code. Here's where I landed - for now! weeks.ginatrapani.org
My Life in Weeks
Hi, I’m Gina. This is a map of my life, where each week I’ve been alive is a little box. Tap a box to see what I was doing where that week. This life is a work in progress. I’ll update the map as I go...
weeks.ginatrapani.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Had so much fun riffing on this, thanks again for publishing your code. Here's where I landed - for now! weeks.ginatrapani.org
I decided to stop doom-scrolling and read lots of fiction instead. So far I've read books 2-5 of the Stormlight Archive and am on book 3 of the Fourth Wing/Empyrean series, and also just started Blood Over Bright Haven. If those titles are familiar to you, recommend me more!
February 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I decided to stop doom-scrolling and read lots of fiction instead. So far I've read books 2-5 of the Stormlight Archive and am on book 3 of the Fourth Wing/Empyrean series, and also just started Blood Over Bright Haven. If those titles are familiar to you, recommend me more!
If you have really bad decisions to make, apparently this is the time to do it. Maybe it'll get lost in the mix with all the other really bad decisions.
February 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If you have really bad decisions to make, apparently this is the time to do it. Maybe it'll get lost in the mix with all the other really bad decisions.
I was excited to see a mention of “Why Are We Yelling? The Art of Productive Disagreement” from @adamgrant.bsky.social today. Unfortunately it turns out that unproductive disagreement is still quite prevalent in this world…
January 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I was excited to see a mention of “Why Are We Yelling? The Art of Productive Disagreement” from @adamgrant.bsky.social today. Unfortunately it turns out that unproductive disagreement is still quite prevalent in this world…