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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.
September 2026
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Wanted to share a great SaaS secret sharing service I stumbled upon a few years back. https://scrt.link/, why: Really love the persons development attitude It works really well for sharing on time secrets (rather then sending in anyplace with history) Found out about uptimerobot.com from their status page Really...
A big sync of time, even in a relatively small startup is the daily standup for agile teams. Personally I’ve been in small standups, ive been in large standups. I’ve been in remote 5am standups and ive been in afternoon, butt in seat after lunch standups. While the physical location is great, at least in recent...
Highlights got to try out a lime scooter for the first time watched more bicycle youtube videos then should be allowed my journal finally was completed for a year, so I can flip back and forth now to last year at this time! may end up moving soon Takeaways Was a really fun week. The NaBloPoMo thing is a little...
Was over at jzhao.xya - really loved the site layout. But specifically was reading Networked Thought. As someone who has been trying to use hugo as a successful digital garden, im impressed. Going to keep on keep’n on.
Things ive researched that were non work related today Found this article call MVC is dead, its time to MOVE on. Really liked the idea, even if a little dated from 2012. Just an interesting read and I needed something for the days blog…
Today on domains I wish id bought sh.itjust.works buymea.beer Things ive researched that were non work related today Manifesting, is it bullshit? resulted in this article Had a recommendation from a friend to watch Mel Robbins: This One Hack Will Unlock Your Happier Life Was looking up minimalism techniques because...
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 that I can do on a daily basis. One thing that usually detracts from these sorts of challenges is that its so hard to just submit work that...
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! Takeaways Had a nice week that was largerly drawn out with meetings at work and a lots of journaling at home. Wasnt able to meet the daily...
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 charles. turned out 20lbs of kids books was worth about a dollar a pound having some whiskey watching cycling youtube videos playing some...
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 issues that it can become a scheduling issue. When do we fix the issue? Whos impacted and why can’t we just spend one sprint without having to...
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