About the author
Ben Halpern
@ben
A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.
NY
Feb 25 '20
Is it possible that the software industry could become nearly 100% remote?
Not to say that remote work is a flawless solution, but it is certainly a trend gaining in popularity...
Feb 22 '20
How do you avoid rabbit holes?
It's nice to go deep on a problem sometimes, but we can be tempted to go too deep. How do you manage...
Feb 21 '20
What interesting open source projects have you come along lately?
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Feb 20 '20
How to replace arbitrary portions of HTML?
If I had a portion of html such as.... <html> <head> some code... </head>...
Feb 17 '20
How does your team handle critical production errors?
What's the process once a major regression is discovered?
Feb 15 '20
Have you ever come close to quitting software?
Legit question, have you ever been on the edge of leaving for another path? Disclaimer to my co-work...
Feb 12 '20
What is your best quality as a programmer?
What do you have a knack for? Not that you have to be perfect at anything, but what part of our craft...
Feb 11 '20
Push to a forked pull request branch on GitHub—Am I doing this right?
I want to ask about something I know how to do, but I'm not sure if there's a more straightforward wa...
Feb 11 '20
How do you manage your various inboxes and messages?
Email, slack, GitHub, etc.... How do you keep the right amount in touch to communicate with colleagu...
Feb 10 '20
The fact that I barely know how to use git has been biting me in the butt a lot lately 😭
Easily the weakest part of my dev game is git, which is probably the most universally important tool...
Feb 10 '20
Explain "memory" like I'm five
What is this memory stuff and how does it work?!?
Feb 8 '20
Do you prefer starting new projects or working on existing ones?
Green field or brown field?