Jake Benilov

Working in digital government, formerly @gdsteam, @thoughtworks

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

> People often say, ‘Oh, you work so hard,’ and I say, ‘We don’t work; we play.’ I try to keep that in the front of my brain when things are getting tiresome. ‘Jesus, we’ve worked too hard. No, we’ve played too hard.’

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

@JamesClear your "the person who has the most fun wins" point reminded me of a great Paul McCartney quote I came across recently (https://t.co/KxExrOV5n4), about The Beatles' wild productivity:

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

@wandsmallbiz @tootingnewsie @balhamnewsie @WandsworthTown @BidJunction @WandsChamber @wandbc @TootingTown @BusinessLP @LoveBattersea1 Does being over 40 automatically make me a senior?

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

A really nice write-up from the https://t.co/WIlDHCzFWd Pay team about how they performance-tested their new webhooks mechanism https://t.co/FvFFxXtIo4

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

https://t.co/zGKD6TlFuO (via the @ContentDesignLN newsletter)

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

New favourite hobby: getting Chat GPT to rewrite long, confusing letters and make them shorter, more contextual and action-oriented, so that I have more confidence that I've understood them properly.

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

@PDLComics when is the "mouse shrugging" t-shirt going on sale? https://t.co/nbphRvAslC I'll take 2 immediately

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

@timpaul @markhurrell My kids and I have gotten a lot of mileage out of Sneaky Sasquatch, which has many 'GTA-but-safe' vibes and great writing https://t.co/j0QEDZ0eSo

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

@fofrAI Could this approach be applied to Automatic1111 😉?

[Vicky Teinaki @vickytnz]

Just sneaking in at the end of #servicesweek , my 2023 version of Service Assessment bingo https://t.co/TG6oNUwOtr - thanks @Anne_Tweetings @petembates @simoneverest @mr_stephenhill @tomskerous @DebBlanch44 for suggestions even if I couldn't fit them all in!

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

From a DM, just in case anyone else needs to hear this.

[Shit User Story @ShitUserStory]

As a...
– website visitor
I want to...
– visit the FAQ page
so that...
– I can read answers to a bunch of stupid questions that nobody has ever asked, littered with SEO keywords, that Barry from the marketing department insists is helping drive organic traffic

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

@bmwelby If purely for the coffee, then Hermanos.

[fofr @fofrAI]

I've put together my first YouTube video, covering all the ControlNet models with examples of their outputs.

All those models can be hard to get your head around. Hoping this will be useful for folks just starting.

https://t.co/c8GrgMpIXO

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

@fofrAI Ha! I think your version of their house is a lot cleaner than I would expect it to be...

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

@fofrAI "Pulp Fiction: a Telltale game" – I'd play that...

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

@fofrAI Is that like American cheese vs actual cheese?

[Charles Reynolds-Talbot @charles_rt]

Great step by step guide on how to create an accessible autocomplete by the amazing @alex_tea https://t.co/D7TlY89vkL

[Jake Benilov @benilov]

@fofrAI I wonder how money earned by responding to surveys compares against the costs of ChatGPT API usage 🤔👀