Ben Hong
@bencodezen

👨‍💻 staff dx engineer ∙ io psychologist ∙ educator hybrid | 💚 vue core ∙ 🔺 angular team ∙ 🏔️ nuxt amb | 📝 productivity ∙ docs ∙ notes nerd

 Based in United States
bencodezen.io
Joined May 2015
Every bit of text on this is satirical genius. 🤣🤣🤣
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Mad props to @stolinski and the @syntaxfm team for producing a phenomenal video that contributes positively to the conversation on the state of AI while being grounded in our struggles with it. Highly recommended if you haven't watched it yet. piped.video/watch?v=iPUn1Fnf…

Is there an AI mental health crisis?

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Time to get this bad boy up and running…
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For a community that tries to write "self-explanatory code" and being as literal as possible, I find it ironic that people have accepted and confidently use the phrase "rules for AI skills" when they're really more like guidelines.

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🎬 New episode of Ben's Open Tabs is live! In this session, we take the first step of every app development process: can it just be a spreadsheet? Rather than a spreadsheet though, we deep dive into Obsidian Bases to see just how far we can go. piped.video/watch?v=7kGLTCMc…
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Nick!!!!!

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🎬 New episode of Ben's Open Tabs is live! In this session, I kick off a new project exploring a local-first food management app while leveraging AI in my own workflows and talking about how I believe AI is best used for our own growth as engineers. piped.video/watch?v=NtfsCFG4…
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I've been exploring lots of different approaches to weekly planning. Yesterday, I decided to go full blown mad scientist with good ol' paper & pen creating widgets, goals and trackers. Ideas are brewing y'all...
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It's taken a couple of years, but it's time... Time to revamp my website from the ground up.

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Me looking at all the developers who avoided writing good docs and are now proudly showing off their AI prompts thinking it'll do exactly what they want.

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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!
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I got tired of looking up the syntax for checking what processes are running on the 3000 port, so I created an alias for it:
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Replying to @MichaelThiessen
😅

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#ifykyk
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🔴 Ben's Office Hours is back! Today I'll be unboxing my new Daylight Computer and sharing my first impressions of the device. And if there's time left, we'll take a look at the new Obsidian Web Clipper extension. piped.video/watch?v=KEavOJI4…
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And that's a wrap on GitHub Universe! Special shoutout to @ashleymcnamara making it such a special event. I'll try and do a write-up on it soon, but until then, here's most of my swag / souvenir haul. 💎
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It’s always fascinating hearing people’s stories on how they got into tech. Loved seeing @techgirl1908 in the post-keynote montage video! #GitHubUniverse
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Day 2 of GitHub Universe! 🥳
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Let’s go @cassidoo!!! Absolutely killing it with the VS Code and Copilot demo at GitHub Universe’s keynote! 🔥🔥🔥
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Day 1 of GitHub Universe. Let’s gooo! 🥳
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Officially on my way to #GitHubUniverse! 🎉
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Replying to @editingemily

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This is the playlist that started it all for me. I know it's a video playlist, but I just put it on my phone and listened to it while walking / jogging. I find it to be much more effective that way. piped.video/watch?v=7dkGPyYq…
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I do not need another notebook… I do not need another notebook… I do not need another notebook…
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After so many years of research and analysis, I broke the barrier and finally have an actual artifact which I can show people. It's messy and far from perfect, but damn I'm excited for what's to come.

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Just lost 2 hours hunting for an elusive backtick that caused the compiler to report an error in a completely different file which sent me on the wildest goose chase...

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Replying to @saronyitbarek

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Most nights before I go to bed, I will lay six strips of bacon out on my George Foreman Grill. Then I go to sleep. When I wake up, I plug in the grill, I go back to sleep again. Then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon.

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This is exactly why I made the switch to @obsdmd. If being able to have control over your data is important to you, look into offline first solutions for your notes.
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This is one of the most serendipitous moments where @jlengstorf is describing how it feels to have something working right as I had my own victory. It's only a few seconds, but what a memorable moment it was... piped.video/jVHoffCdKa4?si=bAXG… Credit to @cassidoo for finding it!
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Huge shoutout to @saronyitbarek for a thought provoking talk yesterday about adding design to our toolkits as engineers. It definitely has me thinking about investing more in my design abilities to be a more effective creator and collaborative partner. #Config2024
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Finally kicking off the dev track at #config2024 with @jlengstorf and @cassidoo!
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2+ hrs later the check-in system has gone down, but at least I got a badge to go inside now… 🫠 #config2024
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1.5+ hrs and counting…
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Pro tip: If a conference offers badge pickup and registration the day before, there’s probably a reason for it. 😅 #config2024
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Ready for #Config2024! Come say hi if you see me!
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Replying to @saronyitbarek

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Whelp, definitely fell for this one… 🤦‍♂️
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I completed my first marathon this past weekend! 🎉
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Being able to take notes in Obsidian while immersed in the Apple Vision Pro on the summit of Haleakala, Maui under a clear sky of stars and a full moon was just stunning… 🤯
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New #mechanicalKeyboard. Who dis?
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📢 Keynote now supports SVGs!!!!
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Y'all I just figured out how to connect @nuxt_js content with my @obsdmd vault...

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🔴 Live Stream in Session No more delays. I'm finishing the migration of my Nuxt 3 site today. Let's code. twitch.tv/bencodezen piped.video/watch?v=Us3IPCKE…

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💚 vue core team ∙ 🔺 angular team ∙ 🏔️ nuxt ambassador ∙ 👨‍💻 staff dx engineer / io psychologist / educator hybrid ∙ 📑 docs specialist ∙ productivity nerd ∙ views are my own — bencodezen streams...

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And last but most certainly not least, @leemartin bringing down the house with the most ahhhs and ooos I’ve ever seen at a conference with gangbuster demos of the incredible things he builds with Vue. I and many others walked away so inspired from this… 🤩 #vueconfus
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