About the author
Ben Halpern
@ben
A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.
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May 26 '20
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud
In the second post of this compare/contrast/debate series, I present the biggest cloud platforms. Yo...
May 25 '20
React vs Vue: Compare and Contrast
Neither ReactJS or VueJS are overly novel anymore. With lots of time to establish identities, can we...
May 23 '20
Are you more optimistic or pessimistic for the future of the software development career?
There are a lot of changes affecting everyone these days, but we don't really know what the future ho...
May 22 '20
No, React didn't kill jQuery
The following thoughts are not revelatory, just forgotten by some and never explained to others. jQu...
May 22 '20
Facebook and more big tech companies are going to lean into distributed work. What is going to suck about this?
Verge: Facebook says it will permanently shift tens of thousands of jobs to remote work Th...
May 20 '20
From GitHub to DEV: The keys to async/distributed work
I want to call attention to the second episode of the DevDiscuss podcast. S1:E2 - Ho...
May 20 '20
Workspace Wednesday: Show me pics of your at-home setup
Last week was super fun, let's do it again 😄
May 19 '20
Chrome 83 Stable is Shipping Any Moment and It's Bolder Than Ever 🎉
I don't normally get so excited about the day a new browser version comes out, except the prior versi...
May 18 '20
Explain the different popular Linux distros
For any of us that have kept the specifics of the Linux ecosystem at arms length, can anyone explain...
May 17 '20
Is the Tailwind approach a big step forward for CSS or just-yet-another-thing?
I've really seen Tailwinds take off lately in "marketshare" as well as "love-share"....
May 16 '20
What post-pandemic activity are you most excited about?
Once we're fully out of the woods and back to (the new) normal, what about normal life are you most l...
May 15 '20
What are the best alternatives to GIPHY?
Each service might have its pros and cons, so probably good if we can get a big picture of options in...