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In defense of not reading the code
Last week, I wrote an article whose purpose was to discuss where I saw AI-assisted coding going. That's not what generated 200 comments worth of passionate...
Product leader. Builder.
Technical co-founder.
12 years at Indeed building company-wide metrics and scaling products 6x. Now I ship AI-powered products myself. I think we're seeing a new role emerge: product intuition plus technical depth. I write about it and build it in the open.
Selectively taking on consulting, advisory, and full-time opportunities - also open to interesting conversations.
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The Codex App Changes Everything!!! (not really)
The Codex desktop app doesn't change everything - but it's part of a larger trend worth paying attention to. Where IDEs are headed and why specs matter more than code.
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An Open-Source Toolkit for AI-Assisted Coding
Introducing a lightweight, open-source toolkit that brings structure to AI-assisted coding through a Specify, Plan, Execute workflow.
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GitHub →benshoemaker-us
Personal site for Ben Shoemaker - projects, writing, services, etc.
chore: sync toolkit and scope greenfield plans
bens_indispensable_skills
Curated Claude Code skills — install via npx skills add or clone directly
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ai_coding_project_base
A structured prompt framework for building software products with AI coding assistants. This toolkit guides you through product specification, technical design, and implementation planning—producing documents that AI agents can execute against.
docs: add feature-audit and innovate to command reference
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transcriber
Simple local audio/video transcription with speaker diarization using WhisperX + pyannote
Add .env.local for HF token, auto-load in script
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I'm building my own ventures and selectively taking on consulting and advisory work. Open to the right opportunity - full-time, fractional, or partnership - with teams doing interesting work in AI, data, or dev tooling.