About the author
Ben Halpern
@ben
A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.
NY
Jan 4 '21
Software contractors and entrepreneurs: Do you have a business entity?
Do you have an LLC or other legal status? What is the standard in your country?
Dec 30 '20
DevDiscuss Finale: "Working remotely and working under quarantine are *different*."
A preview of the final episode of DevDicsuss season three, plus some easy listening links.
Dec 28 '20
What are some interesting visualization libraries?
I'm building out a home automation suite. I'll be blogging about it on my new Forem Hometechnica in d...
Dec 23 '20
What Makes a Good Designer? with Lisa Sy & Kuan Luo
A preview of this week's episode of DevDicsuss, plus some easy listening links.
Dec 16 '20
How to Gamify Coding with Charlotte Cheng & Kevin Whinnery
A preview of this week's episode of DevDicsuss, plus some easy listening links
Dec 13 '20
How consistently does your organization update dependencies?
When the software you use releases a new version, how does your organization going about upgrading— W...
Dec 10 '20
Rails gets out of the way when you need that most.
It's underrated how tough it can be to get a new thing off the ground, and how delicate that phase is...
Dec 9 '20
Improving Your Onboarding For Early Career Devs with Carolyn Stransky & John Britton
A preview of this week's episode of DevDicsuss, plus some easy listening links
Dec 4 '20
Follow #adventofcode if you're into that kind of thing
Advent of code is going on, and I just felt like nudging folks towards that DEV tag if you're interes...
Dec 3 '20
Do they teach "pointers" in bootcamp? Should they?
The pointer is not a thing that every developer needs to know, but it's still a thing that exists. Th...
Dec 3 '20
My physical and mental fitness momentum heading into 2021
I wrote a quick post on @leewynne 's new Forem Flowstate on how I'm doing with personal health and fi...
Dec 2 '20
Analogies and Visualizations with Lydia Hallie & Kevin Kononenko
A preview of this week's episode of DevDicsuss, plus some easy listening links