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Ben Taylor

@taybenlor.bsky.social
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Bad brain from too long in the code mines. I make runno.dev, and work in ed tech. Hobbiest runner, hiker, climber, DJ and cat tree. He/Him living on Wurundjeri country in Narrm (Melbourne).

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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Cool new grifting trick “instead of asking about the value, think about how much you stand to lose if you don’t adopt!”
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
My biggest frustration with the last 20 years of “agile methodologies” is that the ability to deliver has been replaced by the ability to do a bunch of rituals. I don’t care about the rituals, I care about the outcomes. Some of the rituals are good, but the dogma is so strong.
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qntm @qntm.org · 07/09/2025
ME, IN TEARS: you can't just say every single part of a computer system is a file UNIX, POINTING AT THE MOUSE: file
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Just bought a 2011 Honda CR-V, and this thing is a snapshot in time. It does Bluetooth calling but not audio. It supports MP3 CDs. It has an aux input. It has a DVD player on the roof that can transmit audio over FM, or via infrared (!!) headphones. Anyway here’s the DVD title screen to Anchorman.
The DVD title screen to anchorman
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I gave a talk a couple of weeks ago at MelbJS about how building MCP Servers is surprisingly easy. Here it is as a blog post: runno.dev/articles/mcp/
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Runno - MCP Servers are surprisingly easy. I made one that runs code in a sandbox.
It lets LLMs run code in a safe environment, using the Runno sandbox, and it was surprisingly easy to build. I'll show you how in here.
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Sometimes my phone tells me it’s someone’s birthday and I have no idea who that person is
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NanoVMs @nanovms.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
this week on the unikernel application spotlight we check out runno - a webassembly sandbox that takes arbitrary input such as python/ruby/php - transpiles to wasm, runs it in node all under nanos - interesting stuff! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx5b...
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[Unikernel Application Spotlight] Runno - A WebAssembly Sandbox for Running Code
YouTube video by nanovms
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Tim McNamara @timclicks.dev · 23/05/2025
*taps the sign* rustforgeconf.com/register
rust-forge-2025.lilregie.com
Rust Forge 2025
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Benno @benno.au · 23/05/2025
Apparently yesterday I upset some people by noting that Y2K was a quarter of a century ago. I apologise for the distress that the notion that Y2K happened closer to the Whitlam dismissal than to today has caused.
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Introducing @runno/sandbox: A WebAssembly Sandbox for Running Code. You could use it for running code generated by an LLM, or for testing code written by students, or for running customer functions on your own cloud. runno.dev/articles/san...
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Runno - Introducing @runno/sandbox: A WebAssembly Sandbox for Running Code
The Runno sandbox gives you a secure WebAssembly-based sandbox for running code in various programming languages. It works in Node.js and other JavaScript runtimes, providing protection when running p...
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I spent the weekend sick in bed, so I finished turning Runno into a Code Sandbox MCP Server. Now my Claude can write and execute code in a bunch of languages as part of solving problems. github.com/taybenlor/ru...
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runno/packages/mcp at main · taybenlor/runno
Sandboxed runtime for programming languages and WASI binaries. Works in the browser or on your server. - taybenlor/runno
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
I’m sick this weekend so I built a Runno MCP server. Now Claude can safely run code to answer my questions.
Me asking Claude to calculate 5**5 using Python. Then Claude writing that code and executing using Runno. Then Claude explaining how ** works in Python.Me asking Claude to calculate the p75 of some numbers. Claude then writes Python and executes it to answer.
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Adam Chalmers @adamchalmers.com · 12/05/2025
When your 3D models/hardware projects are represented as code, it's easier for both humans and bots to do code review, switching between the 3D visuals and the underlying code. We turned code review bots into mechanical engineering review bots.
Code review bot leaving comments on a CPU cooler 3D design, in KittyCAD
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
How to Train your Dragon but it’s about transporting Dragons around the country on Trains.
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I continue to appreciate that Clive can spend millions spamming us in texts, ads on socials and tv and basically not get anywhere
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
After the crowd boo’d Dutton, Albo said “No, what we do in Australia is we treat people with respect” #auspol I really admire respecting the individuals involved in politics. It’s not a team sport, it’s not about characters, and shouldn’t be about cheap shots.
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
“I’m just waiting for the pre-polling figures”
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
something good happened!!
South Australia
Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
Rescuers on Kangaroo Island say they are 'overjoyed' after the dog walked into one of their traps

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(Image of a shorthaired black and red dachshund on the beach)

Valerie the Dachshund, who went missing on Kangaroo Island in November 2023. Photograph: Courtesy of Georgia Gardner
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I’m re-announcing Runno: The Web Component for Code. Have a read about it, and how to use it here: runno.dev/articles/web...
runno.dev
Runno - Runno: The Web Component for Code
Since I released Runno a few years ago, Web Components have become a lot more popular. I thought it was time to re-introduce Runno, the Web Component for Code. In this article I show how to use it wit...
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I’m re-announcing Runno: The Web Component for Code. Have a read about it, and how to use it here: runno.dev/articles/web...
runno.dev
Runno - Runno: The Web Component for Code
Since I released Runno a few years ago, Web Components have become a lot more popular. I thought it was time to re-introduce Runno, the Web Component for Code. In this article I show how to use it wit...
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It’s easy to be grumpy and cynical. If you believe the worst you’ll never be wrong. It’s hard to be excited and optimistic, you’ll be wrong all the time. But it’s worth it to try for better, rather than accept worse.
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Adriana Guatame-García @adriguatame.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬
There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience.
No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent.
And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted.
... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I don’t have instagram so now I find myself doom scrolling Depop
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Uber eats is a kind of soup tube, in that it delivers lukewarm mush straight to your house.
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Zachariah Kelly @zachariahk.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Love to see it!
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MichiganTypeScript @michigantypescript.com · 26/02/2025
All told, it's been a year and a half of hard work to get to today. We've got so much to share about this project. Let us know what you'd like to hear about! :) youtu.be/0mCsluv5FXA
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TypeScript types can run DOOM
YouTube video by Michigan TypeScript
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Who is going to create a good meetup? They are all… mediocre.
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Gareth Robinson @mehwoot.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
After ~3,500 hours of hard work I have... announced I'm making a game. Check it out. store.steampowered.com/app/3422270/...
store.steampowered.com
Terra Firma 2 on Steam
Create and explore exquisite natural worlds in this simulation of immense scale and detail. Change the landscape and then watch it erode and transform into a living world all the way down to individua...
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
There’s a bloke who has impeccable style who cruises past my tram stop every day on his scooter. I just want him to know how good his outfits are, and that I admire them daily.
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The government should give me long service leave for my long service to the economy
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Went to a Python meetup tonight and met a French guy who has ADHD, makes money buying and selling crypto, writes pornography screenplays and is looking for a programmer to implement his crypto algorithms. This was my peak meetup experience. I’m genuinely not sure he wasn’t AI generated.
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Work nightmares: accidentally calling your boss dad, and saying “love you” when ending a business call
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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 28/01/2025
Boston Market recently changed their name to Boston MARKET, a move that increased their market capitalization by 500%
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Kitting my whole team out with Apple M4 Max w/ 128gb RAM so we can run our legacy webpack build
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Gareth Robinson @mehwoot.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I added snow/ice to my game and watching glaciers form and flow about is pretty satisfying
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The PU in CPU stands for pii-ewww computers stink
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I made a Python package for sandboxing code
runno.dev/articles/sandbox-python
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I wonder if there is modern sci-fi about space fighters that combine together into big mechs. I would like that.
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Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
If you want a distraction today, may I suggest, learning about WASM?
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I type out “Cheers, Ben” manually for each email I send, rather than including it in my signature. I feel it helps create a personal touch.
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
It’s 2025 and I’m still building Ruby from source for some random dependency. This is such a waste of CPU cycles.
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Released 0.2.1 of runno to PyPI. This fixes an issue where the source distribution didn’t have the source in it (lol). I am considering this a shame version.
A graphic of Pride versioning. Pride versioning is a semantic versioning system (eg 2.7.123). You bump the first number when you are proud of the release (proud version). You bump the second number for a normal or okay release (default version). You bump the third number when you are fixing things too embarrassing to admit (shame version).
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Amir Shevat 🦋 @amir.blue · 11/01/2025
A programmer had a problem. He thought to himself, "I know, I'll solve it with threads!". has Now problems. two he
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Ben Schwarz @benschwarz.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
🍃 I made a completely free website speed test tool! You can use it to optimise your pages, no sign up required. In each test: - Performance metrics - Lighthouse Audits - Third Party script report - Google Core Web Vitals Dashboard No money down, fast website 🏆 calibreapp.com/tools/websit...
calibreapp.com
Website Speed Test
Get a free site speed assessment. Ensure pages are user-friendly and search engine optimised.
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Dominic Elm @d3lm.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
This was built entirely with @svelte.dev (SvelteKit) and @vite.dev, and I’ve got to say... I’m in love! The dev experience is lightning-fast, the performance is outstanding, and the community rocks. If you haven’t tried #Svelte or #Vite yet, you should!
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Ben Taylor @taybenlor.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Spent the weekend adding support for execution timeouts to the Runno sandbox. Kind of essential for a sandbox haha pypi.org/project/runno/
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runno
Run untrusted code inside the Runno WebAssembly sandbox.
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