https://beben.design/blog/ Essays and build logs from Beben Design: design decisions, engineering trade-offs, and tools we shipped, written from inside real projects. en Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://beben.design/blog/building-sprite/ https://beben.design/blog/building-sprite/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 How we built a zero-dependency site guide that answers from an LLM when it can and from a pattern engine when it can't, on a static site with no backend and no keys in the repo. https://beben.design/blog/rev-log-format-first/ https://beben.design/blog/rev-log-format-first/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Our open source motorcycle telemetry project ships a ride-data format before it ships hardware. The reasoning behind that order, and what it changes about everything else. https://beben.design/blog/tools-you-can-own/ https://beben.design/blog/tools-you-can-own/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Our QR code generator is one HTML file that works offline forever. The engineering and the ethics of building tools people can take with them.