About the author
Ben Halpern
@ben
A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.
NY
Feb 19 '21
What is the biggest misconception about being a software developer?
A post by Ben Halpern
Feb 18 '21
How do you wrap your head around observability?
We a current contest going with New Relic centered largely around observability, and it got me wantin...
Feb 17 '21
The Grand Experiment of Distributed Conferences with Paul Campbell and Angela Andrews
Listen to S4E2 of DevDiscuss!
Feb 15 '21
The Longterm Benefits of Effective Product Development
I was reading the description of an upcoming project for our marketing team which started with this p...
Feb 10 '21
DevDiscuss Season 4 Premiere: Meetings Worth Making with Andy Goodman
A preview of the Season 4 premiere of DevDiscuss!
Feb 10 '21
Microsoft Excel is Now Turing Complete
Satya Nadella @satyanadella...
Feb 5 '21
Super Mario World Restored Original Soundtrack: Great Coding Music!
This YouTube channel has all the songs. My first reaction is this is definitely good focus/coding...
Feb 4 '21
Rails 7 will require Ruby 2.7+
Ruby on Rails @rails...
Feb 4 '21
Why do we still speak in direct DNS?
I don't know about you, but I have observed so many DNS mishaps in my day, and also have observed tha...
Feb 3 '21
What's the longest you've ever spent debugging a single bug?
A post by Ben Halpern
Jan 28 '21
What are your favorite and least favorite 2021 design trends?
This post gives a lot of examples: 18 Web Design Trends for 2...
Jan 26 '21
Five Classic Reads in Software Development
I was looking back on some discussions I've started in the past on DEV, and felt like sharing some to...