Ben Shoemaker | Data, AI, AR, Tech, Product

I post what's been on my mind, mostly in technology. 10 years in product working on data & AI features. Currently working on startups & keeping an eye out for my next role.

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  • Fun day in AI

    Fun day in AI

    Two big releases today – Claude Sonnet 4.5 took all the headlines, but I also found the Lovable Cloud & AI release to be super interesting. Some thoughts below. Claude Sonnet 4.5 The announcement of Sonnet 4.5 led with a single sentence: Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the best coding model in the world. I find…

  • Proximity to data is the cheat code for data teams

    Author context: Over ~12 years at Indeed I led product for SMB Analytics and later Employer Analytics & Data, built company-wide metrics and data products, and ran a years-long experimentation program that upskilled product teams. TL;DR: Keep data work inside product teams. Use a thin platform and light governance guardrails. If you avoid centralizing during…