Bennett Dixon

Founding Engineer | Cutting Grass & Token Costs
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[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

@MarioNawfal Uncapped AI spend is an increasing problem. You can cap per-key/org platform side (would have prevented this), or use proxy layer enforcement with LiteLLM or equiv. As a consultant I couldn't find a good fit, so I built one for Cursor as a MCP layer: https://t.co/KswYYGFJo6

[LangChain @LangChain]

👨‍🏭Iterating Towards LLM Reliability with Evaluation Driven Development

If you've interacted with the LangChain GitHub repo, you may have noticed a helpful GitHub bot 🤖called Dosu

You may have also noticed that it's been improving over time! In this blog @devstein64 dives into how they've used evaluation driven development to help them ship with confidence

https://t.co/KCYkDWShWn

[Ben Clavié @bclavie]

Spending a couple weeks working with @devstein64 & team at @dosu_ai on code retrieval, so I thought I'd give them a shoutout!

Dosu basically does what I've been doing since RAGatouille came out: scour GitHub issues and desperately try to figure out what's causing them. Link below if you want to check them out

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

@ashley_in_tech As someone without a formal degree I can guarantee the search is hard. However as many other have said; networking and building up the personal project portfolio is key. Networking with smaller startups may be beneficial as well as they typically have less $$ + access to talent.

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

@mschoening @vercel https://t.co/HgI3BHmTTM

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

@ryanwarnercodes This is an awesome feature Ryan. Congrats on the release, and keep up the amazing work!

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

@tdave67 @laurieontech @geo_walters I get that from a software standpoint it’s crucial. However using it in terms of saying “hey let’s have a meeting at 3pm PST” over a Slack message is likely going to be understood regardless of if the current pacific timezone is really PDT.

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

@iamzaki @ABC10 This is an extremely outdated map and very unhelpful.

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

We tried our best to create a defensible space in front of our condos on Daggett Summit before evacuating earlier today. Wishing our firefighters the best as they fight this.

#CaldorFire

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

Did some recycling and cable management this morning. @smithoptics started making cable management solutions, who knew?

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

@chamath I’m all for electric, but you could likely drive across Norway in 1-2 charges of your vehicle. The same cannot be said for places like the United States. I think battery technology needs to get even better before we can see numbers like these.

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

Really great tutorial from Josh on how to make your React animations more life like 💯

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

@ryanwarnercodes Congratulations on this huge release, I know you’ve been putting in lots of hours on this 🙏 🎉

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

@NTTL_LTTN I use containers to reduce dependency headaches for other developers trying to work on the codebase. I don’t use them everywhere, but they have their place.

They also are great for scaling horizontally as long as the underlying code/software & architecture is setup for it.

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

@NTTL_LTTN We had a conflict in our GraphQL schema on production only. Basically a untested endpoint slipped through that was out of sync with the backend schema. Rolled back the commit and setup some testing for the endpoint.

Lesson learned to write solid unit tests for all API endpoints.

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

Today I broke production so I think I’m officially a real engineer 😅🎉

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

There is a double rainbow in Berkeley right now. We will get through this 🌈 🌈

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

@stefansilverio Thanks man! Hoping to visit NYC sometime and catch up with all the people over there 💯

[Bennett Dixon @bennett_codes]

I’m very excited to finally announce I’ve accepted an offer to join Tellus as their Full-Stack Software Engineer! 💻🍾

I’ve had a blast contracting full-time with them the past few months and can’t wait to see what this year brings!

https://t.co/3Dg6fLrXUd