Ben Halpern

A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny. He/Him.

NY Joined on Dec 27, 2015 ben@dev.to http://benhalpern.com

Education

Mount Allison University

Work

Co-founder at Forem

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Dabbling in all the technology needed to scale our site, on the human side and the computer side.

I mostly do web development in Ruby and JavaScript, but I'm curious about a lot of other languages and tools. Experiment with lots.

I'm working on this website that you're reading. It's fun.

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Ben Halpern

Feb 23 '21

My Public Inbox

#ama #publicinbox

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 28 '20

For Empowering Community

#meta #opensource

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Jun 3 '19

Medium Was Never Meant to Be a Part of the Developer Ecosystem

#meta

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Feb 17 '18

It's perfectly fine to only code at work, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

#career #productivity

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Ben Halpern

May 31

Have you done anything interesting with AI/ML?

#discuss #machinelearning #ai

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What software concepts or domains have you been intimidated by?

I was ridiculously intimidated by the command line when I was...

May 31

I bombed a technical interview in a very epic way!

Great attitude!

May 31

Why is CSS Hated On?

It's pretty hard!

May 31

CTO last day: reflections, mistakes, and some learnings

Wow, this turns into a really great series.

May 31

Do anybody have any coding YouTube video ideas?

What do you think you know best that happens to not be well u...

May 31

How did Javascript click for you?

It's never the same thing that holds different people back, b...

May 31

Have you done anything interesting with AI/ML?

Wow! Fascinating. What is next for you?

May 31

Have you done anything interesting with AI/ML?

That's a pretty neat application. I'm sure this sort of thing...

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May 30

Meme Monday!

#discuss #watercooler #jokes

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May 29

Side Project Sunday! Hacking on anything?

#discuss #sideprojects #watercooler #showdev

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May 27

How does flimsy code affect your mental health?

#discuss #mentalhealth #career

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 27

When Companies Fake Diversity Initiatives 🎙

#news #inclusion #ruby #python

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May 26

This is Exciting: A New Destination for All Things DevOps

#devops #forem #kubernetes #aws

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May 25

The Most Fun We've Ever Had Coding! 🎙

#watercooler #career #productivity #podcast

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May 25

Pitch me on Swift

#discuss #swift #ios #pitchme

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May 25

Describe the best teacher you've ever had

#discuss #watercooler

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May 24

Which day of the week do you get your best coding work done?

#discuss #productivity

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May 23

Meme Monday

#discuss #watercooler #jokes

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Ben Halpern for CodeNewbie

May 23

S20:E3 — How to think like a CTO 🎙

#discuss #podcast #career

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May 23

What makes for a good meeting?

#discuss #productivity #management

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May 22

Pitch me on C++

#discuss #cpp #pitchme

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 20

What new technologies do you most want to learn?

#discuss #career

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May 20

Pitch me on C#

#discuss #csharp

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 19

Name your top 3 favorite software products that you use

#discuss #productivity

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May 19

Pitch me on Java

#discuss #java #pitchme

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 19

Interested in getting deeper into Web Components?

#webcomponents #webdev #javascript #forem

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May 19

Have you considered starting a company?

#discuss #career

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 18

How the DEV {% embed %} codes were created 🎙

#podcast #forem #meta

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May 18

Pitch me on Rust

#discuss #rust #pitchme

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 17

What developer products/tools should exist, but don't?

#discuss #productivity

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May 17

What you need to be prepared for any job interview 🎙

#codenewbie #podcast #career #interview

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May 17

Pitch me on Go

#discuss #go #pitchme

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 16

What’s the most annoying part of your job?

#discuss #career

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May 16

Pitch me on TypeScript

#discuss #typescript #javascript #pitchme

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May 15

Pitch me on Ruby

#discuss #ruby #pitchme

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May 14

Pitch me on PHP

#discuss #php #pitchme

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 13

What is the most rewarding part of your job?

#discuss #career

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 12

Based on what you know: Name the 3 best companies to work for as a developer

#discuss #career

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 12

Call to action for all VS Code users!

#forem #vscode #webdev

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 11

Season 9 of DevDiscuss is here! Let's talk about design patterns...

#discuss #webdev #javascript

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 11

What are your top three everyday pain points as a developer?

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May 11

Pitch me on Python

#discuss #python #pitchme

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 10

What do you spend the most time on as a developer? ⏳

#discuss #productivity

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May 10

Remember to Hydrate

#watercooler

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 9

What is your top priority as a developer in 2022?

#discuss #career

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

May 9

Introducing the Mayfield + DEV discussion series

#discuss #productivity #startup #career

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May 8

How do you work with computers and the web that is different from non-developers?

#discuss #watercooler

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May 6

What jobs exist in IT?

#discuss #career #watercooler

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May 6

Final Weekend of the Appwrite Hackathon on DEV!

#meta #appwritehack

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May 5

It is great to see what Wasm Builders is becoming

#webassembly #forem

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May 4

What tools would you choose to create a personal portfolio site if starting from scratch?

#discuss

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Apr 29

What do your friends and family think software development is like?

#discuss #watercooler

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Apr 28

Describe the worst job interview you've ever taken part in

#discuss #career

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Apr 27

What do you wish you had time to learn?

#discuss #career

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Apr 25

What is the future of remote work in software development?

#discuss #career #watercooler

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Apr 22

Have a Community-Powered Earth Day 🌍

#forem #meta #socialimpact #earthday

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Apr 21

What misconceptions do early-career devs have about this work?

#discuss #watercooler

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Apr 20

Which git commands do you struggle with?

#discuss #git #github

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Apr 19

Remove all your local git branches but keep main

#git #github

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Apr 19

What are your command line tips?

#discuss #commandline #productivity

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Apr 18

What cloud services do you use? (Personal and team)

#discuss #github

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Apr 15

When did you know you wanted to be a software developer?

#discuss #career

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Apr 14

What are simple tools for creating a standalone API-only service?

#discuss

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Apr 14

How long do you sit for at a time?

#discuss #watercooler

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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team

Apr 13

Interested in the social impact you can have as a developer? Read this post.

#meta #forem #inclusion #socialimpact

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Apr 13

How do you use git when working solo?

#discuss #git #productivity

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Ben Halpern

Apr 12

What's playing in your headphones these days?

#discuss #watercooler

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