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Ben Halpern
@bensky.bsky.social
Founder of @dev.to

Favorite bagel: Everything.
Orange Monday
April 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Introducing DUMB DEV

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Happy Fools
Introducing "DUMB DEV"
Have you ever wondered "there aren't enough places on the Internet that are useless and overrun with...
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April 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
March 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
March 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
How Pippen feels about Mondays
March 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In my head canon, Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” is a direct response to “Baby Got Back”.

It’s not explicit but if you read between the lines, it’s this generation’s small butt anthem.
March 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Two episodes left of Severance season 2
March 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
GDP forecasted to plummet? Just change GDP, problem solved!
March 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The dumbest economic outcome of the USA's newfound isolationism is how much the USA currently benefits from reciprocal IP enforcement.

If the world stops respecting US copyrights and patents — which surely is the path we're on, that's like half the economy down the drain.
March 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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"your outie subscribes to small publications to support quality journalism"
February 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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February 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
You can now embed Bluesky posts on DEV

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You can now embed Bluesky on DEV/Forem
Just a heads up on a new feature: Embedding skeets! This feature is only a basic initial...
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February 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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The Tim Cook Severance promo is wild because I always felt like the show could be about Apple - a company with such a deep, crazy culture of secrecy that they’d be the first to opt for severed employees in the workforce.

also, my work there was always mysterious and important
January 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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T. Rex Evolution xkcd.com/3042
January 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Ban golf handicaps
January 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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A huge shout-out to the @dev.to for making the year 2024 awesome! I'm honored to be a part of the amazing community, and personal thanks go to @bensky.bsky.social , and @jessleenyc.bsky.social for all the support and of course, for building this platform 🚀

#devto #developers #software #programming
January 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Happy Toyotathon
December 25, 2024 at 4:51 PM
December 17, 2024 at 1:45 AM
December 16, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Holiday cookie party with a bit of a European flair
December 14, 2024 at 3:28 AM
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“Breaking in” to tech is hard, but staying and growing in tech is harder. We never really talk about it, so I wrote a long blog post sharing why i think it’s hard and how to navigate tech.

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How to Stay and Grow in Tech (especially if you're a minority)
The de-evolution of "breaking into tech" "Break into tech" started as a well-intentioned...
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December 2, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Wicked was wicked
November 30, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Friendsgiving
November 24, 2024 at 4:34 PM
This floor is nauseating
November 23, 2024 at 3:32 AM