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Ben Halpern

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A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.

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Mar 3 '25

Meme Monday

Meme Monday! Today's cover image comes from last week's thread. DEV is an inclusive space! Humor in...

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Feb 27 '25

GPT 4.5 Release

Official post We’re releasing a research preview of GPT‑4.5—our largest and best model...

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Feb 24 '25

Meme Monday

Meme Monday! Today's cover image comes from last week's thread. DEV is an inclusive space! Humor in...

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Feb 20 '25

"Okay great, now can you briefly summarize why the original problem is mitigated by this overall approach?" — Important when working with AI to make sure you *learn* about what you're doing before finishing the project.

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Feb 17 '25

Meme Monday

Meme Monday! Today's cover image comes from last week's thread. DEV is an inclusive space! Humor in...

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Feb 13 '25

Specialization vs. Generalization in the Age of AI

AI is reshaping the landscape of knowledge work. This prompts many questions, but one important...

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Feb 10 '25

Meme Monday

Meme Monday! Today's cover image comes from last week's thread. DEV is an inclusive space! Humor in...

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Feb 6 '25

You can now embed Bluesky on DEV/Forem

Just a heads up on a new feature: Embedding skeets! This feature is only a basic initial...

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Feb 5 '25

I needed to open the terminal in VSCode but I forgot the command — which I do all the time but by muscle memory. Thinking about it just made it harder. I had to turn my focus elsewhere and when I came back I could do it by muscle memory!

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Feb 3 '25

Meme Monday

Meme Monday! Today's cover image comes from last week's thread. DEV is an inclusive space! Humor in...

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Jan 31 '25

[Boost]

OpenAI o3-mini(high): Pushing the Frontier of Cost-Effective...

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Jan 31 '25

Transparency and trust discussion

Why You Should Think Twice Before Using DeepSeek AI Trix...

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