bneil.me

bneil.me

Ben Neil

This website is the personal site of Ben Neil, a lifelong programmer and generalist. This site is always a work in progress, constantly evolving and growing as I explore new technologies and ideas.

Latest Posts

NaBloPoMo-maybe-going-to-try

bneil.me · 2y

Saw this post and didn’t realize I was missing out on a writing challenge. So im going to try and come up with posts this month at a larger clip. So be prepared for some ideas...

weekly-writeup (week 4 of Oct 2023)

bneil.me · 2y

Highlights had a bee try and take me out while picking up the kids lots of wins doing managerial tasks ended up watching a really great video by Amy Hupe got a few runs in!...

weekly-writeup (week 3 of Oct 2023)

bneil.me · 2y

Highlights ordering some pizza late with the kids watching some blue jays chase off a squirell in the tree outside my office window hearing about the adventures at second and...

To Fix or .. to wait

bneil.me · 2y

Another day and another bug. It goes with the territory, and it can drive you up a wall. I know personally from having to watch production channels in slack slowly fill with...

Hugo vs The AI

bneil.me · 2y

Hugo and AI Should be pretty easy, just toss a robots.txt into your static folder and toss the following into it User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User...

Atacama - A very very new social platform

bneil.me · 2y

The hidden meetup Back in Febuary, I was going through some articles on social.coop a mastmastodon instance that describes itself as being A Fediverse instance for people...

Building CRUD with htmx

bneil.me · 3y

The Stack (original) Going to use the following frontend: htmx backend: golang / fiber for the language and server fig for configuration clover for the database The Repo Going...

2023 January Wrap Up

bneil.me · 3y

The month started great, a dry January. Which of course meant a few nightmare induced nights from not drinking. Which is crazy to me, as I usually have a beer and two shots and...

Testing Mermaid in Hugo

bneil.me · 3y

This is a test of me adding mermaid.js to this blog flowchart TB c1-->a2 subgraph one a1-->a2 end subgraph two b1-->b2 end subgraph three c1-->c2 end one --> two three --> two...

Slipboxes and Evergreens

bneil.me · 3y

For years ive struggled with keeping up with ideas. Growing them, expanding them and more importantly proving them out. Then, when coming to this website ive found it especially...

Books to Read 2023

bneil.me · 3y

Fun and Fantasy NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories Personal Development second brain power of moments Shape Up https://basecamp.com/shapeup/0.3-chapter-01 the web of...

Obsidian Plugins

bneil.me · 3y

Obsidian Plugins As an update Note Taking Apps I ended up biting the bullet and a now using obsidian sync. Just in terms of ease of mind. Totally worth the investment. So with...

Klara and the sun

bneil.me · 3y

The way this book introduces its world is fantastic. It was a slow reveal behind the eyes of an artificial friend named Klara. Whose innocence and observations creates a truly...

Webmentions are fun

bneil.me · 3y

On Implementing webmentions When going through the process of implementing webmentions I found the process to be a little challenging. However, I would imagine most of my issues...

The Only Good Indians

bneil.me · 4y

This was a quick read and a really great horror story. It followed four native americans who had done some unspeakable evil to a group of elk late into their teens. The Elk they...
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