Ben Northmore · Developer journal.
Engineering manager building useful things, automating the boring stuff, and sharing what I learn.
bennorthmore.comCONSERVATION AND WILDLIFE
I built a phone line where an AI takes animal rescue reports. The interesting part isn't the voice pipeline. It's everything the model isn't allowed to do.
FLEET OPERATIONS AND ROUTING
I wanted a map that panned like butter and a 3D car that followed the road. A week later I had learned which one was lying to me.
LONDONKEFLAVIK
TALENT ACQUISITION AND RECRUITING
A GPT mini model on the web, deep links into the app, and the same pipe reused for Couch to 5K.
MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT
Seek added Russian in an afternoon. Ascend added a bunch of languages after one Greek request and it hurt.
HOME AND LIFESTYLE
The facts of my life don't change with my mood. The meaning I attach to them does.