DEV Community: Ben Halpern

What's in your headphones when you code? 🎧

Ben Halpern — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:37:22 +0000

Let's revisit this conversation!

What music, soundtracks, podcasts, etc do you listen to and is there something different for a different type of task?

Happy Monday 😀

Ben Halpern — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:50:41 +0000

Meme Monday

Ben Halpern — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:27:33 +0000

Meme Monday!

Today's cover image comes from the last thread.

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Meme Monday

Ben Halpern — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:22:35 +0000

Meme Monday!

Today's cover image comes from the last thread.

DEV is an inclusive space! Humor in poor taste will be downvoted by mods.

Are you more of a CLI person or a GUI person

Ben Halpern — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:23:53 +0000

And why do you think that's your preference?

Happy Friday :P

Ben Halpern — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:30:51 +0000

What do you think about building when AI models get cheaper?

Ben Halpern — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 18:07:58 +0000

With Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite launching today, my mind goes towards thinking about things I wouldn't have thought to build because of expense.

However, when the most inexpensive models get better/cheaper it tends to sort of unlock ways of thinking about features we wouldn't have explored before the cheaper AI-driven tools are possible.

This is kind of abstract but is there a way you think about this sort of thing?

Oooh very interesting

Ben Halpern — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:12:24 +0000

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Developer guide and use cases

Patrick Loeber for Google AI ・ Mar 3

#gemini #ai #coding

We had a big team offsite and I forgot meme monday yesterday 😭 But here is another post

Ben Halpern — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:06:51 +0000

Meme Monday

raddevus ・ Mar 2

#community #discuss #programming #watercooler

OpenAI just raised $110 billion. Wow

Ben Halpern — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:19:52 +0000

Openclaw posting peaks on weekends https://www.linkedin.com/posts/theycallmeswift_agenticcoding-developers-hackathons-activity-7432132942572806144-rPsR

Ben Halpern — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:54:31 +0000

#agenticcoding #developers #hackathons #claude | Mike Swift

Did you know OpenClaw usage spikes on the weekends? 🤔 Now that the news is out that the DEV Community is officially part of Major League Hacking (MLH), I'm excited to start sharing some of the developer insights I've been tracking behind the scenes: When you normalize the data on the graph below from DEV and filter out the usual Wednesday announcement reactions, you see a massive trend: posts about building with always-on agents hit their absolute peak on Sundays. 📈 Why does this happen? When you can't experiment with cutting-edge tools at your day job or the classroom, you need a "third space" to learn by doing. That is exactly what a hackathon is! Developers are taking their weekends to get hands-on, enjoy the struggle, and build something real. 🛠️ After they build, they write. Sharing these weekend projects on DEV is how developers are doing two huge things: 💡 Demonstrating to the world that they have practical, AI-native skills. 💡 Cataloging their learnings for future reference and to elevate others. Interestingly, this insight mirrors my own experience too. Anyone else seeing/feeling this in the wild? #AgenticCoding #Developers #Hackathons #Claude

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Meme Monday

Ben Halpern — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:42:10 +0000

Meme Monday!

Today's cover image comes from last week's thread.

DEV is an inclusive space! Humor in poor taste will be downvoted by mods.