<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Ben Vinson — Writing</title><description>Security engineering, product thinking, and building software at scale — no fluff.</description><link>https://vinson.pro/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>A Letter To A Junior Engineer</title><link>https://vinson.pro/blog/letter-to-junior-engineer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vinson.pro/blog/letter-to-junior-engineer/</guid><description>Twenty years in the tech field taught me a few things I wish someone had told me on day one. This one&apos;s for the junior engineers just getting started.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pair Programming with AI: A Senior Engineer&apos;s Honest Take</title><link>https://vinson.pro/blog/pair-programming-with-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vinson.pro/blog/pair-programming-with-ai/</guid><description>I gave AI a small app and a list of features. What came back in under an hour would have taken me weeks. Here&apos;s what I learned as a twenty-year engineer.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch</title><link>https://vinson.pro/blog/free-lunch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vinson.pro/blog/free-lunch/</guid><description>Three emails per day. That&apos;s all I needed — and I couldn&apos;t find a single provider willing to help without a sales call. The free tier is disappearing, and indie developers are paying the price.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>From Perl to AI Agents: How Web Development Grew Up</title><link>https://vinson.pro/blog/evolution-of-web-apps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vinson.pro/blog/evolution-of-web-apps/</guid><description>From writing Perl and raw SQL to AI coding agents — twenty years of web development evolution, and a question about where we&apos;re headed next.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>This Is Your Reminder to Take a Break</title><link>https://vinson.pro/blog/this-is-your-reminder-to-take-a-break/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vinson.pro/blog/this-is-your-reminder-to-take-a-break/</guid><description>Spring Break with my kids reminded me of a promise I made to myself — family first. You don&apos;t need a big getaway. Just make the ice cream.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why I Built MAVIS</title><link>https://vinson.pro/blog/why-i-built-mavis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vinson.pro/blog/why-i-built-mavis/</guid><description>Sometimes an off-hand comment plants itself in your brain and grows into something. This one grew into a veterinary inventory app.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>