Ben Sheldon
bensheldon.bsky.social
Ben Sheldon
@bensheldon.bsky.social
I help small teams do big things and help big teams have big impact. And I build GoodJob, Day of the Shirt, Panlexicon, and Brompt too.
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If you know of any open-source program using Ractors, let me know, I'd be interested to try it with ractor-shim.
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Hello, Ruby World! sfruby.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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#civictech is about benefiting the public good - not government efficiency

www.civictechnologists.org/2025/02/civi...

@derekeder.com and I write for @civictechallies.bsky.social on what civic tech volunteer groups can do to reduce harm brought on by the new administrations policies (thread!)
Civic Tech is About Benefiting The Public Good, not Government Efficiency
By Christopher Whitaker and Derek Eder
www.civictechnologists.org
February 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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ACT unequivocally supports all diverse individuals. We stand for diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility to build stronger, more innovative #civictech and public service.

Read our full joint statement with #TechnologistsForThePublicGood (#TPG) 👇

🔗https://www.civictechnologists.org/2025/01/…
January 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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If people leaving USDS are looking to stay in #civictech, the Alliance of Civic Technologisits (@civictechallies.bsky.social) is recruiting for both our current member organizations and for starting NEW civic technology volunteer organizations.

Get in touch -> hello(at)civictechnologists.org
January 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm rereading "Radical Focus" to sharpen up my dislike of how OKRs are practiced.
January 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I guess this is how we code now 🫠

tbh I'm not unhappy with the result, just disappointed in myself.
January 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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GitHub is now running Ruby 3.4.1
January 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I wrote some high level thoughts to help make sense of the current reality of AI: https://island94.org/2025/1/how-im-thinking-about-ai-llms
January 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I wrote about moving my static site blog from Jekyll to Parklife+Rails: https://island94.org/2025/1/living-parklife-with-rails-coming-from-jekyll
January 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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RubyConf 2024 talks are live on @rubyvideo.dev! 🥳
December 13, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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shouldve titled the piece "zones of ethical interest"
May 6, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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August 6, 2023 at 4:15 PM