Ben Cheng

This is my README for my team (and friends) to gain a better understanding of me at work and how we can support each other.

I just had a day where I ran into bad AI usage pattern – four times.

Why AI Agents Might Finally Solve the Data Ownership Problem Link to heading Digital rights advocates have fought for data ownership for over thirty years.

I Don’t Hate Writing, I Just Hate Editing Link to heading In high school, I scored A’s in Chinese and English for comprehension, oral, and listening.

AI Agents Are a New Form of Software Link to heading AI agents are the future of software.

Tech Ability Important in AI Era Link to heading The AI era just made technical ability matter again.

Proving Code Works with Evidence Link to heading In 2026, engineering teams need to shift from “just ship code” to “ship code with proof.”

The way Google handles the retirement of AI models is disappointing.

Will AI Replace Software Developers?

How AI Could Revolutionize Software QA Link to heading The conversation around AI in coding often focuses on boosting developer productivity—streamlining UI creation, writing infrastructure configs, and automating unit tests.

I’ve noticed that in recent years, hardware specifications have become completely meaningless when it comes to product experience.

I’ve always enjoyed using iPhones since the first gen.

Recently I found that I have switched almost all software I use daily personally, so thought it would be an interesting idea to share what software I use and why.

p.s. this is a GPT rewrite of a Facebook post of mine at 2020 As I look ahead to next year’s business challenges, I’m reflecting on my own background and path in the software industry.

You can schedule a meeting with Ben Cheng as follows: 15 mins quick call over Google Meet 30 mins call over Google Meet 45 mins meeting at Oursky HK Office Lunch at Workday

My day job is running SkyMakers Digital, with teams in Hong Kong, Taipei, London and Canada.

Following are a foreword I wrote for a Software Project Mangement book in Chinese 軟件專案管理　推薦序 Link to heading 作為軟件技術背景的創業者，當初營運公司時，並沒有認為專案管理很重要。

My Pixelbook + 27 4K mon setup Some background… Link to heading I have been using Macbook Air/Pro as my everyday computer for 10 years (prior to that was Gentoo Linux for 7 years), but in recent years the hardware quality and sluggishness of MacOS made me…

So it is two weeks after using the Gemini Phone as my work phone and I would love to write a review on what it’s like using a PDA phone in 2018.

As my company’s grown, the number of internal / external meetings and tasks has become crazy.

This post is my reflection on company culture and the things that have been on my mind as a founder.

(This is an email I sent to my team after I received a Slack automated email saying we have 57% of message in private vs Public Channels) Hi team, I want to address an ongoing concern that is getting dangerous as it will jeopardize our culture in the long…

Just came across this old photo of my room 6 years ago….