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Ben Houston

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Personal. https://benhouston3d.com Serial Entrepreneur. Founder: https://MyCoder.ai (agentic coder), https://Threekit.com (3D for eCommerce), http://Clara.io (online 3D editor), Exocortex, and Frantic Films Software.

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Aug 13

TSL shaders in WebGPU have horrible compilation times. When it made it into ThreeJS proper @mrdoob.com modified it so that they no longer block the main thread: threejs.org/examples/web...

three.js webgpu - materialx loader

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Aug 13

New #ThreeJS PR: high quality 3D procedural wood materials via TSL. Includes maple, oak, walnut, cedar, poplar, cherry wood types and also includes raw + coating variants.

Full detais: github.com/mrdoob/three...

A series of wood blocks of different wood types and finishes.

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Jul 21

New Github PR to #ThreeJS that adds much improved #MaterialX support.

New nodes & properties supported: thin film, sheen, transmission, rotate, determine, inverse, floor, reflect, refract, opacity, specular, anisotropy, etc...

Full details: github.com/mrdoob/three...

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Jun 17

I can have a look.

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Jun 6

That move has actually has significant stymied progress towards a 2SS though. So in a way it did work.

Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Jun 3

In my experience, anyone who focuses on their own IQ and the IQ of others has toxic personality.

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Jun 3

Having fun this evening making passion fruit ice cream. #parenting

Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · May 25

Victoria Day Fireworks captured on my DJI Neo drone. #drone #dji #djineo

Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · May 23

Three hard-won lessons for entrepreneurs I learned in my journey from VFX to Enterprise SaaS.

My talk at the Ottawa Network last night (May 22, 2025)

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Apr 29

Congratulations on the win! Nice to have you in parliament in this coming session!

Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Apr 25

Link for tickrts is broken

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Apr 24

Learnt terraform this week. Not too complex and has a lot of advantages. First website to have its infrastructure fully automated is benhouston3d.com.

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Veteran 3D graphics entrepreneur and software developer sharing insights on 3D web technologies, AI, and software development.

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Apr 11

This raises my opinion of Carney.

Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Apr 9

He probably bought when Trump said to. Probably so did a lot of other insiders who are now quite happy.

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Andy Gayton @ndyg.ca · Apr 9

I'm having better success with @benhouston3d.com 's github.com/bhouston/mcp...

GitHub - bhouston/mcp-server-text-editor: An open source implementation of the Claude built-in text editor tool

An open source implementation of the Claude built-in text editor tool - bhouston/mcp-server-text-editor

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Apr 8

Yum! Buffalo and honey garlic wings for supper.

Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Apr 7

I wrote this for myself but figured I would share it:

TanStack Router provides powerful data loading capabilities through its beforeLoad and loader functions. Understanding their behavior is critical for effective use of TanStack Router in your projects.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Apr 4

This @ludocene.bsky.social thing seemed pretty cool, so when they reached out to see if I wanted to do an expert profile - well, I did. Hopefully it helps you find some games you like!

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Ludocene - Game Discovery From People You Trust

Game discovery for people who want to find amazing video games to play.

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Apr 4

Intercepting and influencing LLM communications+training is the perfect intelligence vector in the new decoupled world economy. Don't say I didn't warn you.

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Decoupling and Foreign LLMs

As global trade tensions rise following Trump's sweeping tariffs, we face a new digital cold war where LLM communications become prime targets for intelligence agencies.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Apr 1

Is it a war crime to execute 15 paramedics and rescue workers one by one ? Much of the West wants you to believe that it depends on whether you're Israel.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN

Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Mar 28

Has the CMA ever yet made a statement on Gaza yet? You seem very preoccupied by other countries except Gaza. I notice this statement after the Oct 7 attacks and then not a peep again even though Gaza’s healthcare system has been destroyed. Why? www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...

CMA statement: Standing Together

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) joins other organizations in unequivocally condemning the recent terrorist attacks by Hamas and in calling for all involved to respect and adhere to internationa...

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Mar 28

This morning's personal website update: added an RSS feed and OpenGraph metadata. Old school stuff, but still interesting to do.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · Mar 26

it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Mar 26

Having fun with AI image generation/editing from real photos.

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Ben Houston @benhouston3d.com · Mar 25

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The Rise of "Test Theater"

AI coding assistants are excellent at generating tests with high coverage. But there

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