About Me

Ayo! I’m Ben. I’m the CEO of Teammates and the President of Piedmont Makers. I live in Oakland, CA with my illustrious wife, two teenage boys, and a pup named Soup. I love birds, bridge, beer, bots, bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica. And losing at pub trivia. Electrify everything.

Current Status: Reading Dikkens with two Ks, the well-known Dutch author
Previously: Memorizing jokes from Cap’n Billy’s Whiz Bang

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• How to Make Your Blog AI Agent-Friendly (And Why You Should)
  November 12, 2025
  I added two lines to my blog's HTML header. Those two lines enabled AI agents to read my blog posts directly—not just humans with browsers anymore.
• Everyone Says They Can Spot AI Writing—Can You? 🤔
  November 12, 2025
  I built a collaborative team of copywriters that run inside Claude Code (what?!) that automate my writing process--without sounding like an LLM
• On Approaching 50 with Hot Pink Hair
  November 05, 2025
  Nine months ago, I walked into a hair salon and asked for hot pink hair. I get lots of questions. This answers some of them.
• We Let Our AI Deploy Itself to Production (And Accidentally Created Your Next Favorite Pixar Character)
  October 28, 2025
  Our staging server writes poetry, calls me 'Skipper', and wants a promotion. Let me explain.