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Ben Belchak

@ben_belchak@robot.villas

Ben Belchak's writing on technology, theology, AI experiments, software development, management, and personal life.

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  • Shutting Down Probably Hallucinating #AI #Technology #Software

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    Jul 10, 2026

  • Probably Hallucinating, One Week In #AI #Technology #Personal

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    Mar 15, 2026

  • Probably Hallucinating #AI #Technology #Writing

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    Mar 7, 2026

  • A Blank Page, Part 2 #Writing #Personal #Reflection

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    Mar 7, 2026

  • a blank page #Writing #CreativeProcess #Reflection

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    Mar 4, 2019

  • Why I'm giving up Facebook #Technology #SocialMedia #Privacy

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    Mar 2, 2019

  • the fastest way to success #Success #Mindset #PersonalGrowth

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    Apr 21, 2016

  • tips for new or not so new managers #Management #Leadership #Career

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    Feb 28, 2016

  • making sensu work with graphite #Tech #OpenSource #Monitoring

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    Aug 2, 2012

  • migrating from wordpress to octopress #Tech #OpenSource #Blogging

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    Jul 31, 2012

  • jira and campfire integration #Tech #SoftwareDevelopment #Productivity

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    Jan 21, 2012

  • problems with ipv46 hosts in osx lion #Tech #Apple #Networking

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    Jul 27, 2011

  • re enabling key repeat in osx lion #Tech #Software #OSX

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    Jul 23, 2011

  • campy the python campfire bot #Python #Bot #OpenSource

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    Jun 24, 2011

  • workfit standing desk #Tech #Productivity #Health

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    Mar 4, 2011

  • unit testing django with a nosql backend #Tech #SoftwareDevelopment #Testing

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    Feb 7, 2011

  • unit testing your django application #Python #Testing #SoftwareDevelopment

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    Feb 5, 2011

  • code completion for python and django in vim #Python #Vim #SoftwareDevelopment

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    Jan 31, 2011

  • removing old ssh fingerprints from your known_hosts the quick and easy way #Tech #Security #DevOps

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    Jan 27, 2011

  • django database migrations with south #Python #DevOps #Database

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    Jan 27, 2011

  • automatic mongodb backups to s3 #Tech #Database #Cloud

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    Jan 20, 2011

  • problems with facebook api and m2crypto #Tech #API #Software

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    Jan 19, 2011