About the author
Ben Halpern
@ben
A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.
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Oct 25 '21
Tesla Pushes Out Dangerous Software Update, Bungles Rollback Attempt
There are a lot of headlines about Tesla that overstate a story for clicks, and I can assure you this...
Oct 4 '21
Facebook is down, discuss...
I'm curious about what comes to mind. Whether it is software related or otherwise, what does today's...
Oct 1 '21
Forem Hacktoberfest: Let’s Internationalize!
We recently shipped the groundwork for internationalizing Forem. Initially, this means that admins...
Sep 28 '21
Using FastImage to detect image dimensions in Ruby
On Forem (the open source software that powers DEV, etc.) we have these display units with...
Sep 23 '21
What skills do career indie developers not learn (vs those employed mostly on teams)
Looking forward to the discussion.
Sep 17 '21
The REAL difference between 5GHz or 2.4GHz WiFi
This post comes from some interesting tweets I saw, and really speaks to how difficult it can be to...
Aug 21 '21
The Developer Feedback You Are Actually Getting is Survivorship Bias
Lots of people will get in touch with you about improvements to your developer-oriented product or...
Aug 9 '21
What is Apple thinking?
It's been a few days. You've probably read about this. Apple plans to scan US iPhones for...
Jul 27 '21
You should probably learn TypeScript
Yes, you. This post is trending right now... To Typescript...
Jul 20 '21
Forem Self-Host is Now Officially Supported
Today, the playbook for self-hosting your own Forem community is officially live. Read all...
Jul 16 '21
Reminder — All CodeLand Talk Proposals Due by Tuesday, July 20th @ 11:59 PM UTC
A check-in for those of you planning to submit a talk to the CodeLand 2021 CFP
Jun 30 '21
Demystifying DevRel with Nader Dabit, Christina Gorton & Pachi Carlson
Listen to the season finale of DevDiscuss!