Ben Hong
@bencodezen.io
🧑💻 staff developer experience engineer
👨💻 vuejs core team
🧑💻 angular team
👨💻 nuxt ambassador
🌱 note-taking / obsidian nerd
🔗 https://www.bencodezen.io
👨💻 vuejs core team
🧑💻 angular team
👨💻 nuxt ambassador
🌱 note-taking / obsidian nerd
🔗 https://www.bencodezen.io
Reposted by Ben Hong
also: if you want to be on Web Dev Challenge, there’s a casting call! codetv.link/wdc/casting-call
also please nominate great devs that haven’t been on the show. it’s important to me that the show includes real representation of industry devs in addition to bringing on recognizable community folks
also please nominate great devs that haven’t been on the show. it’s important to me that the show includes real representation of industry devs in addition to bringing on recognizable community folks
February 13, 2026 at 6:08 PM
also: if you want to be on Web Dev Challenge, there’s a casting call! codetv.link/wdc/casting-call
also please nominate great devs that haven’t been on the show. it’s important to me that the show includes real representation of industry devs in addition to bringing on recognizable community folks
also please nominate great devs that haven’t been on the show. it’s important to me that the show includes real representation of industry devs in addition to bringing on recognizable community folks
The productive feeling people get with AI reminds me of students who think they're learning a lot by only watching video tutorials.
It feels good, but retention is far from the truth.
You may be "shipping faster," but have you actually refined your skills and knowledge?
It feels good, but retention is far from the truth.
You may be "shipping faster," but have you actually refined your skills and knowledge?
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The productive feeling people get with AI reminds me of students who think they're learning a lot by only watching video tutorials.
It feels good, but retention is far from the truth.
You may be "shipping faster," but have you actually refined your skills and knowledge?
It feels good, but retention is far from the truth.
You may be "shipping faster," but have you actually refined your skills and knowledge?
Reposted by Ben Hong
Great article on the hidden cost of high-velocity engineering in the AI era.
We talk about how AI tools make individual tasks faster, but there's constant context-switching and decision fatigue.
siddhantkhare.com/writing/ai-f...
We talk about how AI tools make individual tasks faster, but there's constant context-switching and decision fatigue.
siddhantkhare.com/writing/ai-f...
AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it | Siddhant Khare
You're using AI to be more productive. So why are you more exhausted than ever? The paradox every engineer needs to confront.
siddhantkhare.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Great article on the hidden cost of high-velocity engineering in the AI era.
We talk about how AI tools make individual tasks faster, but there's constant context-switching and decision fatigue.
siddhantkhare.com/writing/ai-f...
We talk about how AI tools make individual tasks faster, but there's constant context-switching and decision fatigue.
siddhantkhare.com/writing/ai-f...
When code is generated by the AI, it feels like microwaving a frozen. It's fine for some use cases, but it lacks the satisfaction of making it from scratch.
Plus, cooking from scratch gives creative freedom and a more visceral learning experience.
tl;dr I still like typing the code myself. 🤓
Plus, cooking from scratch gives creative freedom and a more visceral learning experience.
tl;dr I still like typing the code myself. 🤓
February 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM
When code is generated by the AI, it feels like microwaving a frozen. It's fine for some use cases, but it lacks the satisfaction of making it from scratch.
Plus, cooking from scratch gives creative freedom and a more visceral learning experience.
tl;dr I still like typing the code myself. 🤓
Plus, cooking from scratch gives creative freedom and a more visceral learning experience.
tl;dr I still like typing the code myself. 🤓
If you're using an AI agent in the integrated terminal of VS Code and find it a little too cramped for your liking, #TIL you can move the terminal to a new window!
February 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
If you're using an AI agent in the integrated terminal of VS Code and find it a little too cramped for your liking, #TIL you can move the terminal to a new window!
Reposted by Ben Hong
Corporate: "Learn how to spot scam attempts. Scammers often create a false sense of urgency to override your common sense."
Corporate: "The market says if we don't adopt AI by Q3 we will be LEFT BEHIND."
Corporate: "The market says if we don't adopt AI by Q3 we will be LEFT BEHIND."
February 4, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Corporate: "Learn how to spot scam attempts. Scammers often create a false sense of urgency to override your common sense."
Corporate: "The market says if we don't adopt AI by Q3 we will be LEFT BEHIND."
Corporate: "The market says if we don't adopt AI by Q3 we will be LEFT BEHIND."
Reposted by Ben Hong
Change that last digit to a 5 — #0005 — and you’ve got yourself a 50% transparent black on the go.
I've been working with CSS for more than 10 years and #TIL that apparently there is a hex color code for "transparent":
#0000
😮😮😮😮😮😮
#0000
😮😮😮😮😮😮
February 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Change that last digit to a 5 — #0005 — and you’ve got yourself a 50% transparent black on the go.
Just learned that Claude doesn't have the timestamp for when conversations / messages are being sent... only the date.
Interesting... 🧐
Interesting... 🧐
January 19, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Just learned that Claude doesn't have the timestamp for when conversations / messages are being sent... only the date.
Interesting... 🧐
Interesting... 🧐
2025 was chaos: a cross-country move, framework docs, AI tools, and pickleball.
At the same time, it was also full of the kind of growth you only notice when you actually pause.
So, despite my instinct to just skip it, here's my reflection on the year:
www.bencodezen.io/blog/reflect...
At the same time, it was also full of the kind of growth you only notice when you actually pause.
So, despite my instinct to just skip it, here's my reflection on the year:
www.bencodezen.io/blog/reflect...
Reflections on 2025
Almost skipped this reflection—but pausing revealed the pattern. A look back at 2025's chaos, growth, and learning to appreciate consistent progress.
www.bencodezen.io
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
2025 was chaos: a cross-country move, framework docs, AI tools, and pickleball.
At the same time, it was also full of the kind of growth you only notice when you actually pause.
So, despite my instinct to just skip it, here's my reflection on the year:
www.bencodezen.io/blog/reflect...
At the same time, it was also full of the kind of growth you only notice when you actually pause.
So, despite my instinct to just skip it, here's my reflection on the year:
www.bencodezen.io/blog/reflect...
One of the biggest obstacles i’ve found with personal productivity is a bias towards quantity over quality.
Not surprising given quality is often subjective while output is most easily quantified, but the fact that the todo list is still the standard for individuals leaves much to be desired.
Not surprising given quality is often subjective while output is most easily quantified, but the fact that the todo list is still the standard for individuals leaves much to be desired.
January 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
One of the biggest obstacles i’ve found with personal productivity is a bias towards quantity over quality.
Not surprising given quality is often subjective while output is most easily quantified, but the fact that the todo list is still the standard for individuals leaves much to be desired.
Not surprising given quality is often subjective while output is most easily quantified, but the fact that the todo list is still the standard for individuals leaves much to be desired.
happy new year! 🎉
instead of grandiose resolutions, wishing y'all a year full of consistent and meaningful progress in the things that matter most to you.
instead of grandiose resolutions, wishing y'all a year full of consistent and meaningful progress in the things that matter most to you.
January 1, 2026 at 11:35 PM
happy new year! 🎉
instead of grandiose resolutions, wishing y'all a year full of consistent and meaningful progress in the things that matter most to you.
instead of grandiose resolutions, wishing y'all a year full of consistent and meaningful progress in the things that matter most to you.
Something I love about couch co-op games is that it tells you a lot about how people navigate the world.
Are they inclined to share items?
Survive at all cost or figure out how we win together as a team?
Upon reflection, it's interesting to think about which side my closest friends fall on.
Are they inclined to share items?
Survive at all cost or figure out how we win together as a team?
Upon reflection, it's interesting to think about which side my closest friends fall on.
December 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Something I love about couch co-op games is that it tells you a lot about how people navigate the world.
Are they inclined to share items?
Survive at all cost or figure out how we win together as a team?
Upon reflection, it's interesting to think about which side my closest friends fall on.
Are they inclined to share items?
Survive at all cost or figure out how we win together as a team?
Upon reflection, it's interesting to think about which side my closest friends fall on.
Reposted by Ben Hong
I think the #Angular Aria docs are some of the best docs (for one of the nicest features) the team has ever delivered!
Check out especially the retro tabs on the component patterns:
angular.dev/guide/aria/o...
Thanks @bencodezen.io
and the rest of the team!
Check out especially the retro tabs on the component patterns:
angular.dev/guide/aria/o...
Thanks @bencodezen.io
and the rest of the team!
Angular Aria • Overview • Angular
The web development framework for building modern apps.
angular.dev
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I think the #Angular Aria docs are some of the best docs (for one of the nicest features) the team has ever delivered!
Check out especially the retro tabs on the component patterns:
angular.dev/guide/aria/o...
Thanks @bencodezen.io
and the rest of the team!
Check out especially the retro tabs on the component patterns:
angular.dev/guide/aria/o...
Thanks @bencodezen.io
and the rest of the team!
Reposted by Ben Hong
🚀 New micro-project: Grid Paper. A little app for creating printable grid and graph paper.
grid-paper.daverupert.com
grid-paper.daverupert.com
Grid Paper
grid-paper.daverupert.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚀 New micro-project: Grid Paper. A little app for creating printable grid and graph paper.
grid-paper.daverupert.com
grid-paper.daverupert.com
As AI tooling becomes more ingrained in people's workflows, the ability to question your own reality and push back on "yes you're absolutely right!" is critical to creating quality work.
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
As AI tooling becomes more ingrained in people's workflows, the ability to question your own reality and push back on "yes you're absolutely right!" is critical to creating quality work.
Ahh the never-ending pain of having your terminal sending you down the wrong rabbit hole to debug something when it's somewhere else entirely...
a cartoon of a penguin with a backpack looking at a map with the words " getting lost " above him
ALT: a cartoon of a penguin with a backpack looking at a map with the words " getting lost " above him
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ahh the never-ending pain of having your terminal sending you down the wrong rabbit hole to debug something when it's somewhere else entirely...
October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Reposted by Ben Hong
I watch a lot of open source projects’ issues on GitHub.
On a regular occurrence, maintainers are politely asking “could you please disclose if you used LLM to generate this PR”.
This is the polite and exhausting way to say “this looks like incomprehensible bullshit, why are you wasting our time?”
On a regular occurrence, maintainers are politely asking “could you please disclose if you used LLM to generate this PR”.
This is the polite and exhausting way to say “this looks like incomprehensible bullshit, why are you wasting our time?”
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I watch a lot of open source projects’ issues on GitHub.
On a regular occurrence, maintainers are politely asking “could you please disclose if you used LLM to generate this PR”.
This is the polite and exhausting way to say “this looks like incomprehensible bullshit, why are you wasting our time?”
On a regular occurrence, maintainers are politely asking “could you please disclose if you used LLM to generate this PR”.
This is the polite and exhausting way to say “this looks like incomprehensible bullshit, why are you wasting our time?”
Just replaced all of my `- [ ]` in Obsidian with `-`.
When the backlog is too massive, sometimes the best thing you can do is just declare todo bankruptcy to recalibrate.
When the backlog is too massive, sometimes the best thing you can do is just declare todo bankruptcy to recalibrate.
October 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Just replaced all of my `- [ ]` in Obsidian with `-`.
When the backlog is too massive, sometimes the best thing you can do is just declare todo bankruptcy to recalibrate.
When the backlog is too massive, sometimes the best thing you can do is just declare todo bankruptcy to recalibrate.
So many great enhancements to Bases in this upcoming release!
Obsidian 1.10.0 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members with tons of improvements for Bases!
- New List view
- New Map view an official open source plugin
- Bases API for views
- Group results by property
Many new table view features: keyboard nav, copy/paste, summarize, undo
- New List view
- New Map view an official open source plugin
- Bases API for views
- Group results by property
Many new table view features: keyboard nav, copy/paste, summarize, undo
October 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
So many great enhancements to Bases in this upcoming release!
Man I love CSS Grid... The ability to just reorder things with the areas property is soo good.
Mad props to the team who created this standard and made our lives so much easier.
Mad props to the team who created this standard and made our lives so much easier.
October 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Man I love CSS Grid... The ability to just reorder things with the areas property is soo good.
Mad props to the team who created this standard and made our lives so much easier.
Mad props to the team who created this standard and made our lives so much easier.
Never thought that learning to question my own reality would end up being a very practical skill as I continue learning to navigate the complexities of learning how to leverage AI properly...
September 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Never thought that learning to question my own reality would end up being a very practical skill as I continue learning to navigate the complexities of learning how to leverage AI properly...
Reposted by Ben Hong
“Good docs are still good docs” 🔥🔥🔥
I chatted with @taylorbar.net, Staff Product Manager at @netlify.com, & Lyle Schemmerling, Senior Software Engineer at @fusionauth.io, about LLMs and Developer Experience for this episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. redmonk.com/blog/2025/09...
I chatted with @taylorbar.net, Staff Product Manager at @netlify.com, & Lyle Schemmerling, Senior Software Engineer at @fusionauth.io, about LLMs and Developer Experience for this episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. redmonk.com/blog/2025/09...
September 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“Good docs are still good docs” 🔥🔥🔥
I chatted with @taylorbar.net, Staff Product Manager at @netlify.com, & Lyle Schemmerling, Senior Software Engineer at @fusionauth.io, about LLMs and Developer Experience for this episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. redmonk.com/blog/2025/09...
I chatted with @taylorbar.net, Staff Product Manager at @netlify.com, & Lyle Schemmerling, Senior Software Engineer at @fusionauth.io, about LLMs and Developer Experience for this episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. redmonk.com/blog/2025/09...
Reposted by Ben Hong
a directory called 'docs/' filled with markdown files is 1000% better for internal documentation than notion
September 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
a directory called 'docs/' filled with markdown files is 1000% better for internal documentation than notion