Ben Lovy

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ben@deciduously.com
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Ben Lovy

Nov 3 '19

Validate a Credit Card Number with Functional JavaScript

#beginners #functional #javascript #tutorial

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7 min read

Ben Lovy

Jul 28 '19

Getting Cozy With C++

#beginners #cpp #devjournal

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10 min read

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Jul 24 '19

How To Make A Makefile

#beginners #gnu #tools #cpp

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10 min read

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Jun 4 '19

Rust Your Own Lisp

#rust #beginners #lisp

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15 min read

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May 28 '19

Skip the Framework: Build A Simple Rust API with Hyper

#rust #beginners #tutorial #webdev

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9 min read

Ben Lovy

Apr 12

#watercoolerShare Your Conway's Game Of Life

#watercooler #showdev

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2 min read

Quick And Dirty Java Makefile

#java #makefile #beginners #devjournal

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2 min read

Ben Lovy

Mar 19

Setting Up A Fresh Ruby Project

#ruby #beginners #devops #tutorial

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6 min read

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Mar 17

Old post surging?

#meta

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1 min read

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Mar 11

#watercoolerLearning German

#watercooler #language

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6 min read

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Mar 7

Getting Cozy with Ruby

#beginners #ruby #devjournal #tutorial

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5 min read

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Mar 5

Ben++

#career

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Mar 4

#watercoolerHow did YOU learn Ruby?

#beginners #ruby #watercooler #help

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Feb 24

#newsGoogle released a Lighthouse extension for Firefox!

#webdev #firefox #google #news

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Feb 21

#watercoolerWhat were some quirks and gotchas about working with Python 1?

#watercooler #python

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1 min read

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Feb 20

#showdevHyper Webapp Template

#beginners #rust #webdev #showdev

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5 min read

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Feb 13

#watercoolerHow many of y'all are using DEV Connect?

#watercooler #meta

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1 min read

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Feb 11

Get Started Writing Scheme

#beginners #scheme #functional #tutorial

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5 min read

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Feb 8

#watercoolerSteam Proton Is Great

#watercooler #games #linux

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2 min read

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Feb 7

#todayilearnedAutomatically Generate Rust Modules With Cargo Build Scripts

#beginners #rust #devjournal #todayilearned

10 min read

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Feb 6

#discussDo you merge branches locally or create pull requests for personal projects?

#beginners #discuss #help #git

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Feb 5

Thirty Green Squares

#beginners #mentalhealth

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Jan 29

#todayilearnedUse Multi-Stage Docker Builds For Statically-Linked Rust Binaries

#beginners #rust #docker #todayilearned

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4 min read

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Jan 24

#todayilearnedC++ Template Specialization - Syntax Note

#beginners #cpp #devjournal #todayilearned

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3 min read

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Jan 23

#watercoolerHow dependent are you on your development environment configuration?

#watercooler #productivity

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1 min read

Ben Lovy

Jan 21

Phabricator is Phabulous

#beginners #opensource #productivity #devops

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5 min read

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Jan 17

#discussThat About Wraps It Up For Actix-Web

#rust #actix #opensource #discuss

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1 min read

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Jan 14

Big-O Cheat Sheet

#beginners #computerscience #algorithms #cheatsheet

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1 min read

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Jan 12

#watercoolerdeciduously

#watercooler #mentalhealth

1 min read

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Jan 12

#watercoolerWho uses IRC?

#watercooler #irc

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1 min read

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Jan 8

Stencil: I Think I Found My Frontend Home

#webdev #typescript #beginners #devjournal

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6 min read

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Jan 4

#helpCorrect a Beginner About Buzzword Technologies

#beginners #help #distributedsystems

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5 min read

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Jan 1

Getting Cozy With Debian Buster

#linux #debian #devjournal #beginners

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11 min read

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Dec 30 '19

#helpAu Revoir, Gentoo - Sell Me A New Linux Distro

#linux #bsd #help #discuss

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Dec 21 '19

#healthydebateWhat Does C++ Do That Rust Doesn't?

#healthydebate #rust #cpp

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2 min read

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Dec 19 '19

No More Tears, No More Knots: Arena-Allocated Trees in Rust

#rust #beginners #tutorial #devjournal

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6 min read

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Dec 16 '19

#watercoolerPressure-Free AoC

#adventofcode #devjournal #watercooler #beginners

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5 min read

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Dec 11 '19

#discussQt for WebAssembly

#discuss #webdev #webassembly #qt

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1 min read

Ben Lovy

Dec 2 '19

Procedural Melody Generation in Rust

#beginners #rust #tutorial #music

63 min read

Ben Lovy

Nov 16 '19

Creative Coding in Rust with Nannou

#rust #beginners #tutorial #creative

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19 min read

Ben Lovy

Oct 23 '19

#discussIs DRM malicious code?

#discuss #healthydebate #watercooler #opensource

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1 min read

Ben Lovy

Oct 9 '19

#watercoolerInteresting Video Game Mechanics

#watercooler #games

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15 min read

Ben Lovy

Oct 3 '19

Overly Functional C++: The BenFolds Five

#beginners #cpp #functional #devjournal

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4 min read

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Oct 2 '19

#helpOverly Functional C++: The Fold

#cpp #beginners #devjournal #help

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4 min read

Ben Lovy

Oct 2 '19

Overly Functional C++

#beginners #cpp #functional #devjournal

15 min read

Ben Lovy

Sep 25 '19

#helpShareable CLI demo?

#help #beginners #rust

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2 min read

Ben Lovy

Sep 17 '19

Pass-By-Value in C++ and Rust

#beginners #cpp #rust

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5 min read

Ben Lovy

Sep 12 '19

#watercoolerObservation: Green Tea Tastes Better From A DEV Mug

#watercooler #fluff

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1 min read

Ben Lovy

Sep 6 '19

The Builder Pattern

#rust #beginners #tutorial #patterns

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4 min read

Ben Lovy

Sep 3 '19

Callbacks, Trait Objects & Associated Types, Oh My!

#devjournal #rust

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7 min read

Ben Lovy

Aug 29 '19

#discussAds In Your Linters

#discuss #javascript #opensource #healthydebate

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1 min read

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Aug 27 '19

In And Out Of Rabbit Holes

#devjournal #rust #webassembly

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6 min read

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Aug 19 '19

#helpOops, I'm Making A Framework

#beginners #help #discuss

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2 min read

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Aug 13 '19

#watercoolerInteresting Board Game Mechanics

#watercooler #games

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10 min read

Ben Lovy

Aug 6 '19

Towards Complexity

#beginners #devjournal #project #career

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3 min read

Ben Lovy

Jul 31 '19

#discussYou Either Have It Or You Don't

#discuss #beginners #types #help

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3 min read

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Jul 21 '19

#watercoolerI Am Mesmerized By Our New Robotic Vacuum

#watercooler #help

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9 min read

Ben Lovy

Jul 17 '19

#discussThe Trials and Tribulations of actix-web and the OSS community

#rust #actix #discuss

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3 min read

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Jul 11 '19

You Lot Are Great

#appreciation #meta #fluff

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1 min read

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Jul 8 '19

#explainlikeimfiveELI5: Why self-host a compiler?

#explainlikeimfive #beginners #compilers

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1 min read

Ben Lovy

Jul 6 '19

Haskell as Training Wheels

#haskell #beginners #functional

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6 min read

Ben Lovy

Jul 3 '19

#jokesSome people try to solve problems using threads...

#jokes

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1 min read

Ben Lovy

Jul 3 '19

#jokesThere are 10 types of people...

#jokes

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1 min read

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Jul 2 '19

#helpJQuery Footguns?

#beginners #help #discuss

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1 min read

Ben Lovy

Jun 26 '19

#helpThe Value Of Your Time

#help #discuss

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