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Hello again :) sorry for the delay (agents + video exports!)This is one of the bigger things I've built.I scraped 107 million rows of UK council spending data and built an 'Apple Maps' to see what each council spent, on what. check out the websiteAll of t

Hey folks,Back from a long weekend at home with my parents but before I went I started scraping data… The UK's councils (like US states) publish their spend data (for the most part). So I've scraped 105 Million rows of data to see where people's money act

Hello again :)I'm in my hometown Cardiff for the long weekend seeing family. I'm even playing padel for the first time, which is sacrilege as I'm a regular tennis player and padel mock-er. Wish me luck, I hope I don't like it that much.Time to rebuild my

Hey folks,Most agents now use a browser to complete tasks for you. But a lot of the websites you want them to visit are behind a login page.There are a couple of ways around this. You could type in your details in the browser yourself. Fine, but annoying,

Hey folks,I see so many posts 'shipping by the beach' or when out with the kids on the weekend.Umm, good for you? I'm not sure it's the flex people think it is.Remember when we thought AI would take all our jobs so we didn't have to work hard anymore? Yea

Hello again :)First trip taking the twins (3yrs) to the cinema tomorrow to watch Toy Story 5. I'm hopeful but may take their headphones because I think it'll be too loud for them. Hopefully enough sweets and popcorn can keep them both in their seats long

Hey folks,Results from the poll are in. 996 total votes.'Do you use a personal agent?'Not interested folks, r u ok? Just kidding.Personal agent's aren't much more than a number of files and tools connected to any agentic tool you choose. Share Ben's Bites

Hey folks,I want to know who uses agent products as a 'personal agent'. ie organise stuff for you, things outside of work, handling email, doing stuff on your computer, etc.- answers revealed in Thursday's post.Ben's Bites is brought to you by ClouderaA s

Hello again :)It's my wedding anniversary, so while you chew on this post, I'll be chewing through a delicious lunch in the sun.Last week I walked through a real agent session and explained the loop as we went. Agent thinks, uses a tool, thinks again. Con

Hey folks,I had early access to Grok Bot, like many others on X posted. Except, I didn't actually use it . But since it was publicly launched I have started using it…and, I like it?!There was a wave of 'personal agents' with OpenClaw, then Hermes (not the