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benbrougher.tech
A software developer from the PNW. I work in the telecom industry. I garden, spend time outdoors, and write code for fun. Check out my blog here: https://benbrougher.tech Twitch: https://twitch.tv/mSyke
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Obligatory: What stops you from coding like this?

submitted 21 hours ago • 2 comments

Office update: The fire department demanded I install double doors

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

glass cutting boards should be illegal

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I've said it before and I'll say it again, please try http files. They're great and nobody seems to use them!

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

So if last year and back is generation is Alpha, and from 2025 on is Beta, that would make the next generation "RC" and then after that would be "GA"?

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

mesh vpn networking is highly underrated. with only an internet connection I have access to my machines in the cloud and at home, all within the same network range. I have my dev box, and my windows machine all accessible from any machine at any time.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

programming is both an art and a science

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Life update: My wife and I just had a baby girl!!!

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Just give it a little time lol

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

the security field is pretty boring most of the time, until it isn’t and everything is on fire

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

"there are 98 failing tests..."

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

today, I will watch the only sportsball game I watch in a year

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

terminals are just text. LLMs can only process text. so terminals are probably one of the best possible mediums for the age of AI

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

t minus 1 week until the baby is supposed to be here. crazy to think how life is gonna change

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

rust is the only language I’ve read the whole book for and still don’t know how to be productive in

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

too much enterprise, not enough code

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

copyposta

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

If you're not pulling your own network cables are you even a programmer?

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

it do be like that

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

GPU stands for Gippidy Processing Unit

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

just hold your horses now

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

the retired software/IT professional to living in the middle of nowhere pipeline is all too real

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

hot take: coffee is bad really

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

I spent $10 dollars on AI months ago. I still have $8. It's so much cheaper when you pay for what you use

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

i don't know what I'd do without tmux on windows

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

using a tiling window manager is like driving a manual. nobody else knows how to use your computer

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

chatops maxxing

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

don’t get too comfortable or sentimental with your tools. you may have to ditch them when the next greatest thing comes along, and if that thing is truly better than the current thing, you don’t want to be held back

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

sometimes, it’s better to use a bad standard than it is to use a good nonstandard thing. for example web components. bad to write, but they’ll never break or require upgrades

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

"Most burnout happens because you’re just doing the same thing at work every day and you’re not learning anything new" - ThePrimeagen

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

every influencer's retirement plan:

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

it seems like adding a type system to a dynamic language is considerably harder than starting with a typed language to begin with

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

you can just save for things

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

i now have to deworm my coworker #funtuesdaynights

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

MIT Licensing

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

VDD: Vibe Driven Development

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

anonymity is the best and worst thing about the internet

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

New blog post: AI Is Robbing Jr. Devs benbrougher.tech/posts/llms-a...

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Meet my new coworker! Her name is Ivy

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

You used tailwind didn't you?

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

i’ve gotten great at coding in the terminal, now I think next I need to get good at using SQL from the terminal. it’s time to learn how to psql

submitted 47 days ago • 3 comments