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Ben Shoemaker
Personal blog · benshoemaker.us/writingaiprogrammingcareer
Ben Shoemaker's personal blog at benshoemaker.us covers ai, programming and career. Since 2026, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “In defense of not reading the code”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-12, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Ben Shoemaker's post arguing that the Codex app shows IDEs and coding tools shifting left toward GUIs. The one comment questions the author's background rather than the argument.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Personal site and thought leadership platform for Ben Shoemaker - AI-assisted development practitioner, builder, and consultant.
Most-linked posts?
- In defense of not reading the code2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-02-12
What Hacker News says?
> Never thought this would be something people actually take seriously The author of the article has a bachelor's degree in economics[1], worked as a product manager (not a dev) and only started using GitHub[2] in 2025 when they were laid off[3]. [1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/benshoemaker000/ [2] https://github.com/benjaminshoemaker [3] https://www.benshoemaker.us/about
Comment linking /about
on “The Codex app is cool, and it illustrates the shift left of IDEs and coding GUIs”Submitted In defense of not reading the code as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted In defense of not reading the code as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Codex app is cool, and it illustrates the shift left of IDEs and coding GUIs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The AI Product Builder as a story · 1 points
HN discussion