Ben

Founder @quarylabs || YC W24, ex-Tumelo. Runner, biker, ginger.

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

It’s important that you understand what happened last night.

Last night, Stephen Colbert interviewed Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, a candidate who, by all accounts, is on track in the polls to flip Texas blue.

In response, Trump’s FCC reportedly threatened CBS if the interview aired.

CBS caved and pulled the segment, citing “financial reasons.”

In modern American history, no president has been more hostile to free speech than Donald Trump.

But censorship always backfires.

Here’s the full segment Trump didn’t want you to see.

[Ben @BenFKing]

I am still flumoxed that @claudeai or @ChatGPTapp still can't push work to either their online code/codex setup. It would be such a big win.

[Ben @BenFKing]

@Claude, with Terraform is a deadly combo!

[Ben @BenFKing]

@CathieDWood It doesn't have to be this way ... Fund managers can and are starting to pass the voting rights along but we'll need more pressure to make it the norm.

[Ben @BenFKing]

I love @cursor_ai's command k in the terminal, but I was missing it elsewhere, so I built a quick CLI tool that does the same elsewhere. It does just that and nothing else.
https://t.co/2teZYzDLZQ

[Ben @BenFKing]

@OpenAI can you build a chatgpt app for codex so I can trigger jobs from the normal chatgpt with context in it.

[Ben @BenFKing]

@Apple please fix this

[Ben @BenFKing]

@dimiwonders @posthog out of town, sorry :(

[Ben @BenFKing]

Recommended @posthog… 15 minutes I read about their raise. VC isn’t all hype.

[Ben @BenFKing]

If you’re selling luxury to younger generations: drop the useless pomp and circumstance, focus on convenience and their time.

[Ben @BenFKing]

@elonmusk @RobinhoodApp @Fidelity @CharlesSchwab

Can you please integrate with Tumelo’s voting tech and make this way easier.

[Ben @BenFKing]

The highest impact problems in software engineering currently are:
- Build AI that can cure cancer
- Build autonomous vehicles to stop car crashes
- Improve the @British_Airways app

[Ben @BenFKing]

Upgraded to macOS tahoe - no crashes and everything feels snappier - love to see it!

[Ben @BenFKing]

another year, another acquisition 🎉

https://t.co/i7svPGUrS7

[Ben @BenFKing]

@OpenAI So simple yet so useful!

[Ben @BenFKing]

@ChatGPTapp Just thought I'd let you know: there's a weird Mac app bug where if you get a response, it makes the visible window vertically very tall.

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Openmart (@openmartai) is teaming up with Clay to give sales teams intelligence on 20M+ SMBs.

They specialize in small account research at scale—pulling in millions of live signals from public filings, websites, reviews, and even calls—and stitching them into a living database of over 20M local businesses worldwide.

They're also launching a free version: https://t.co/VZhEqsG02s

[Ben @BenFKing]

A @ycombinator batch is just 3 months of partners making sure you don't do this with your business.

https://t.co/Wb4ifkZXtk

[Ben @BenFKing]

A @ycombinator batch is 3 months of partners telling you: "Don't let your business look like this."

https://t.co/Wb4ifkZXtk