About the author
Ben Halpern
@ben
A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.
NY
May 15 '20
Free Coil trial for all #gftwhackathon participants
Coil is offering all Grant for the Web hackathon participants a free 3-month trial.
May 15 '20
Who wants to improve the "pull-to-refresh" on DEV?
Quick update on our project: We are getting very close to generalization where more instances of our...
May 14 '20
What is your favorite audiobook about computer technology?
A lot of technical books are not available in audiobook form—either they require too much visualizati...
May 13 '20
Workspace Wednesday: Show me pics of your at-home setup
A post by Ben Halpern
May 13 '20
Slack is down
Can't work? Time to party. (Hugops to Slack SRE ❤️)
May 12 '20
What are examples of software with the best migration/adoption path as a consideration?
When the question of something being a "killer" of another piece of software comes up, e.g....
May 11 '20
Sebastian McKenzie, creator of Babel, is leaving Facebook
Just a little movement in the open source world, Sebastian is leaving Facebook....
May 11 '20
Explain Deno Like I'm Five
Deno just hit 1.0, for anyone out of the loop can we summarize what it is and what it means?
May 10 '20
Almon Brown Strowger and the Invention of the Automatic Telephone Exchange
I found this story fascinating and wanted to share... Almon Brown Strowger was an undertaker and was...
May 9 '20
What was your proudest moment as a software developer?
A post by Ben Halpern
May 7 '20
Zoom has acquired Keybase
Techcrunch: Zoom acquires Keybase to get end-to-end encryption expertise Keybase never rea...
May 7 '20
Announcing the Grant For The Web Hackathon on DEV
Details about the Grant for the Web Hackathon hosted on DEV.