Ben Perlmutter

I'm an AI engineer and technical writer. I work at the intersection of content and code.

Core Competencies

Learning Quickly

Technical Writing

Generative AI

Cloud Computing

Recent Ramblings

• Bitter Pour (Fiction)

  Published: 24 Jan, 2026 |  at  07:00 PM

  A laid-off software engineer's coffee ritual starts to unravel during the job hunt. Modern gothic fiction about obsession, isolation, and bitter coffee.

• Natural Language to MongoDB

  Published: 4 Jul, 2025 |  at  08:00 PM

  Measuring how well LLMs can translate natural language to MongoDB queries.

• iPad-Enforced Focus

  Published: 5 Jul, 2024 |  at  08:00 PM

  How using an iPad instead of a computer has made me more focused, more productive, and less likely to mindlessly scroll on Instagram Reels.

• Knowledge Is the New Uranium (AI Engineer World's Fair 2024)

  Published: 25 Jun, 2024 |  at  08:00 PM

  Conference talk about the many powerful ways to use your content with LLMs. Presented at AI Engineers World's Fair, June 2024.

• Knowledge Is the New Uranium

  Published: 25 Jun, 2024 |  at  08:00 PM

  Exploring how knowledge resources have become the most powerful fuel for generative AI applications, from RAG chatbots to model training datasets.