Ben Matthews
@benmatthews.bsky.social
Director of Engineering at Stack Overflow. Coder, manager, father, husband, huge fan of calzones.
This should have been the way it is from the beginning. Browsers should have been required to provide a mechanism to manage cookie options instead of millions of websites implementing cookie compliance in a million different ways.
California enacts law giving consumers ability to universally opt out of data sharing
The California Consumer Privacy Act, signed in 2018, gave Californians the right to send opt-out signals, but major browsers have not had to make opt-outs simple to use.
therecord.media
October 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This should have been the way it is from the beginning. Browsers should have been required to provide a mechanism to manage cookie options instead of millions of websites implementing cookie compliance in a million different ways.
Called it. It was very hard to believe a studio of that nature, and creators in general, were comfortable shipping something terrible, even for a bonus.
www.pcgamer.com/games/surviv...
www.pcgamer.com/games/surviv...
The Subnautica 2 lawsuit is getting even messier, with Krafton doing a massive U-turn, confusing both the ousted founders' lawyer and the judge: 'This is a little bit bewildering'
One of its key claims, that the founders were terminated because they wanted to release Subnautica 2 before it was ready, has been dropped.
www.pcgamer.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Called it. It was very hard to believe a studio of that nature, and creators in general, were comfortable shipping something terrible, even for a bonus.
www.pcgamer.com/games/surviv...
www.pcgamer.com/games/surviv...
My seat on @deltaairsupport.bsky.social got canceled without notice because I missed the first leg of my roundtrip. I checked in, had a pass, through security, and then told I had no seat when they scanned my ticket at the gate. Then say I can buy a new ticket for 700.
Done with Delta. Again.
Done with Delta. Again.
August 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My seat on @deltaairsupport.bsky.social got canceled without notice because I missed the first leg of my roundtrip. I checked in, had a pass, through security, and then told I had no seat when they scanned my ticket at the gate. Then say I can buy a new ticket for 700.
Done with Delta. Again.
Done with Delta. Again.
It's not karaoke, it's helping to seal the Honmoon.
August 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's not karaoke, it's helping to seal the Honmoon.
Reposted by Ben Matthews
Hey y'all! We’re a small browser company from Norway and Iceland, building a browser for all major platforms. Just a browser for the web, made for you. 🇳🇴🇮🇸
June 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hey y'all! We’re a small browser company from Norway and Iceland, building a browser for all major platforms. Just a browser for the web, made for you. 🇳🇴🇮🇸
Reposted by Ben Matthews
May 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Reposted by Ben Matthews
JESUS CHRIST IT’S WAY TOO EARLY FOR COMMERCIALS FOR THE 2026 GEORGIA SENATE RACE
May 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
JESUS CHRIST IT’S WAY TOO EARLY FOR COMMERCIALS FOR THE 2026 GEORGIA SENATE RACE
I am "got more birthday wishes on LinkedIn than Facebook" years old.
April 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I am "got more birthday wishes on LinkedIn than Facebook" years old.
We have all heard the saying "Never interfere with your enemy when they are making a mistake," which is good advice. But what more people should heed, since it is far more common: "Don't interfere with your teammate when they are saving your ass."
March 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We have all heard the saying "Never interfere with your enemy when they are making a mistake," which is good advice. But what more people should heed, since it is far more common: "Don't interfere with your teammate when they are saving your ass."
I think Hollywood has always made this harder for themselves in the "unpopular into desirable" trope. Surely it's harder to make someone who is a borderline supermodel look more plain than it is to make someone who wouldn't be on the cover of Cosmo more traditionally beautiful, right?
The opening of the devil wears prada really wants me to think Anne Hathaway is the ugliest woman who ever lived and just lol
February 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I think Hollywood has always made this harder for themselves in the "unpopular into desirable" trope. Surely it's harder to make someone who is a borderline supermodel look more plain than it is to make someone who wouldn't be on the cover of Cosmo more traditionally beautiful, right?
This is the type of thing a junior engineer who asked AI to explain databases to him might say. He wants people to believe he is an engineer so badly that he keeps exposing himself. Stop listening to him.
February 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is the type of thing a junior engineer who asked AI to explain databases to him might say. He wants people to believe he is an engineer so badly that he keeps exposing himself. Stop listening to him.
Reposted by Ben Matthews
Please just let me reuse my password. Please I am begging you. Please I don’t care if someone hacks my Barnes and Noble account. Please I have no new passwords left. Please you have taken them all from me.
February 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Please just let me reuse my password. Please I am begging you. Please I don’t care if someone hacks my Barnes and Noble account. Please I have no new passwords left. Please you have taken them all from me.
FYI, if you are a CEO about to lay off thousands of people, don't announce "They are low performers" before they even find out who they are. Not only is that a potential privacy/legal violation to tell the world why someone was laid off, it also just makes you a huge jerk.
January 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
FYI, if you are a CEO about to lay off thousands of people, don't announce "They are low performers" before they even find out who they are. Not only is that a potential privacy/legal violation to tell the world why someone was laid off, it also just makes you a huge jerk.
That's not how any of these commands work.
January 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
That's not how any of these commands work.
Whenever you feel bad about tech debt or falling behind on features, just remember that Facebook account recovery codes haven't worked for almost a year.
January 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Whenever you feel bad about tech debt or falling behind on features, just remember that Facebook account recovery codes haven't worked for almost a year.
Thanksgiving still separates people into two groups: Those who prefer the canned cranberry jelly, and liars.
December 1, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Thanksgiving still separates people into two groups: Those who prefer the canned cranberry jelly, and liars.
As of this morning, I have been offered free credit monitoring for the next two years from 3 different places because they had data breaches. After I signed up for the first, no point in the others, so 2 of the 3 had no consequences. The responsibility of these events needs to be more severe.
November 24, 2024 at 10:24 PM
As of this morning, I have been offered free credit monitoring for the next two years from 3 different places because they had data breaches. After I signed up for the first, no point in the others, so 2 of the 3 had no consequences. The responsibility of these events needs to be more severe.
So how does Bluesky prevent itself from being overrun like twitter was?
November 18, 2024 at 5:19 PM
So how does Bluesky prevent itself from being overrun like twitter was?
Distractions have been far more welcome, and easy to come by. The upside to everyone going through tough times at the same time.
November 18, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Distractions have been far more welcome, and easy to come by. The upside to everyone going through tough times at the same time.
Reposted by Ben Matthews
Wait. Wait. The "Department of Government Efficiency" is going to have...
Co-CEOS‽
🤣
Co-CEOS‽
🤣
November 13, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Wait. Wait. The "Department of Government Efficiency" is going to have...
Co-CEOS‽
🤣
Co-CEOS‽
🤣
My bluesky feed for both social issues and tech got into fighting shape a lot faster than I expected.
November 11, 2024 at 6:12 PM
My bluesky feed for both social issues and tech got into fighting shape a lot faster than I expected.
Forcing compromise to get consensus only benefits the least flexible folks in the room.
January 30, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Forcing compromise to get consensus only benefits the least flexible folks in the room.
After spending 4 hours trying to fix my home internet I have found more ways that work and home overlap: It's always DNS.
November 17, 2023 at 4:52 AM
After spending 4 hours trying to fix my home internet I have found more ways that work and home overlap: It's always DNS.
Hey junior devs, whenever you feel bad about prod issues, just remember this email I just got from Amazon.
August 24, 2023 at 4:52 PM
Hey junior devs, whenever you feel bad about prod issues, just remember this email I just got from Amazon.
I was running late for a meeting after a coffee run went long. I messaged the other person to apologize and offered to bring them back a coffee.
I have worked remotely for 4 years. I offered to bring back coffee for a video call. Is there a name for that kind of embarrassment?
I have worked remotely for 4 years. I offered to bring back coffee for a video call. Is there a name for that kind of embarrassment?
August 8, 2023 at 7:09 PM
I was running late for a meeting after a coffee run went long. I messaged the other person to apologize and offered to bring them back a coffee.
I have worked remotely for 4 years. I offered to bring back coffee for a video call. Is there a name for that kind of embarrassment?
I have worked remotely for 4 years. I offered to bring back coffee for a video call. Is there a name for that kind of embarrassment?