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Ben Halpern

A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny. He/Him.

New York Joined on Aug 5, 2020 bendhalpern@gmail.com

Work

Webmaster at Forem

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re: Keyboard shortcuts Oct 26

This is great. One shortcut that "went missing" when we updat...

re: Removing articles Oct 20

Yep, you can also alter seeds.db to change what comes out in ...

re: How to send mail through mailgun Oct 20

We would likely need to build a generalized gateway from the ...

re: Github logo broken on Forem.dev Oct 16

cc: @maestromac

re: Let's close the loop on @ mention autocomplete in comments Oct 14

I 1000% agree.... My thoughts here are mostly that we've disc...

re: Google captcha is not configured on forem.dev Oct 9

re: Welcome thread v0 Oct 9

re: Support for digest emails for smaller communities Oct 9

Makes sense for sure

re: Aftermath on Clicking, "Open in Gitpod" Oct 8

Open your .env and change APP_DOMAIN to "your own Gitpod For...

re: Should all forems share an authentication system? Oct 2

Yup, I've definitely had this thought. Each Forem itself alre...

re: What's the benefit of us maintaining our Progressive Web Apps (PWA) of DEV? Sep 17

In my view the qualities that make something "eligible" as a ...

re: Cool forem Sep 10

re: Request: optional "database" feature Sep 9

Yup, any kind of extensibility of functionality is definitely...

re: Request: optional "database" feature Sep 8

I think the technical term may be "thing". 😄 Forem needs "thi...

re: How not to grow Sep 6

Yup, we should make this more clear... No forem needs more th...

re: Welcome thread v0 Sep 3

Great to have you!!

re: Green button in forem.dev !! Sep 3

Yup! .... I didn't even realize this would apply to all link...

re: A gallery for campaigns, announcements and article footers Sep 3

10000% agree. I think the raw DIY thing should be pretty rare...

re: New "starter state" coming soon Sep 2

This is live now for new forems.... Not yet the end state, bu...

re: New "starter state" coming soon Aug 31

Yeah exactly. Ideally we don't want to be going into console ...

re: Hello World Aug 30

re: Test comment liquid tag Aug 28

One more time testing

re: Test comment liquid tag Aug 28

re: Test comment liquid tag Aug 28

dsddsdsdsdsdsds

re: Test comment liquid tag Aug 28

re: Ideas for supporting podcasts on Forem? Aug 27

We have something pretty similar with liquid tags, e.g. {% y...

re: Polls inside posts Aug 26

Yeah, I really cover-complicated some things by wanting to en...

re: Polls inside posts Aug 26

Yup, these are just missing a bit of functionality, but they'...

re: Declutter The Sidebar Aug 26

100%. We've not wanted to jump into this because of technica...

re: Using the #growth tag Aug 25

Boom. Added it as supported.

re: Declutter The Sidebar Aug 25

Yup, I think this is the big question.... Also, I feel like ...

re: Pin a message Aug 25

This is a great call! I'm going to approve the linked issue ...

re: Explore Poxa as an open Pusher implementation? Aug 24

The good thing is that if we run into problems we could alway...

re: How to properly enable multiple call-to-action buttons in nav bar... Aug 21

Yeah, I think the primary action can be first, and then other...

re: Should 'write a post' be more visible on mobile view? Aug 21

Yeah, I think this makes sense. For a while we were thinking ...

re: Installing Forem on Ubuntu 18.04 (Part 2 - NVM, Node & Yarn) Aug 20

re: local Forem Instance to Production level Instance in Heroku or VPS Aug 19

We're definitely lacking the docs to give good guidance here....

re: Installing Forem on Ubuntu 18.04 (Part 1 - Ruby on Rails) Aug 19

Thanks for the writeup!

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 18

Great to have you! We'll have plenty of updates soon about ho...

re: Proactive Ways to Prevent Spammers Aug 18

I think what we most need is some clarity over certain if thi...

re: Implementing Video Feature Aug 18

This is really great. More thorough than anything we even hav...

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 17

Great to have you Melissa!

re: Would / Should Forem get a HELM chart? Aug 14

I'll punt this to @jdoss for most relevant opinion. :)

re: Configurable digest Aug 14

re: How to get Forem to run on ARM Aug 14

I have a couple of these sitting in my office and I want to g...

re: How to get Forem to run on ARM Aug 14

Hell yeah! This is sooooo in the spirit of Forem! I love it s...

re: Flexible Profile Content via Markdown Aug 14

Have you considered making profile pages similar to github p...

re: Publicly Displaying Suspensions. Thoughts? Aug 13

Maybe this is something we should be able to display on a cas...

re: My customization problem Aug 13

Our online conference CodeLand was entirely done through cust...

re: Test comment liquid tag Aug 13

Tada! test test test test

re: Is Forem planning to become something like WordPress? Aug 13

Yup, and the "Forem Cloud" version will be a quick install wi...

re: Allowing Nav Links to be Defined by SiteConfig 🤔 Aug 13

re: Collaborative Annotations with Highlights? Aug 13

I'm definitely in favor of annotations! I think they should ...

re: Will Forem be getting badges like Dev? Aug 12

Yup! Every forem can reward their own badges. forem.dev adopt...

re: Should all forems share an authentication system? Aug 12

Yup, I think it's important that people can genuinely be diff...

re: Should all forems share an authentication system? Aug 12

This comes into the topic of pseudo-centralization, where we ...

re: Let's do this Aug 12

re: Migrating to Forem Aug 12

How much will it cost to handle the hosting once Forem comes...

re: Is the browser extension working for anyone? Aug 12

It should load automatically, but unsure why it would and wou...

re: Is the browser extension working for anyone? Aug 12

Then suddenly it appeared on all my sites And is that all ...

re: Is the browser extension working for anyone? Aug 12

So it took you visiting that endpoint manually before it work...

re: Is the browser extension working for anyone? Aug 12

Any error messages?

re: Has anyone used the browser extension? Aug 12

Have you tried in Chrome and Brave? I wonder if Brave has dif...

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 12

re: Settling on language around suspending users Aug 12

I feel like expunge isn't really part of my normal vocabulary...

re: Hello Forem World!! Aug 12

re: Settling on language around suspending users Aug 12

I feel like we've talked enough about this to go with "suspen...

re: Forem Page Use Cases Aug 12

I am aware that I can do this with pages as they let me incl...

re: We can run Forem without the Lambda dependency Aug 12

This PR is merged. Not 100% sure it's the full solution yet t...

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 11

re: "I'm stuck" — should this be a forem.dev #help thread or a GitHub issue? Aug 11

For me Forem is a less intimidating place to post. I always ...

re: What's the state of ApplicationConfig and ENVied, etc? Aug 11

Okay great, so when this is done, no more required env vars?

re: What's the state of ApplicationConfig and ENVied, etc? Aug 11

@molly_struve can you point me in the right direction?

re: My customization problem Aug 11

🙂 We are currently working to get all of these fields 100% c...

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 11

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 11

re: The path from DEV to Forem Aug 11

Should DEV receive any special treatment at all? IMO yes, ...

re: print("Hello Forem") Aug 11

re: Hello Forum Aug 11

re: Help: Docker Install Login Aug 11

Hmmmm It's definitely the 422 on the PATCH that is causing th...

re: Has anyone used the browser extension? Aug 11

github.com/forem/forem-browser-ext... I'll edit it into the ...

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 11

re: #wiki tag Aug 11

Wiki tag is a good idea. ... This is a good topic in genera...

re: Wrong Sloan in footer Aug 11

Good call. This is one of those things that isn't open source...

re: Hello Forem, a designer here Aug 11

Great to have you!

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 11

re: Are you planning on building a community with Forem? Aug 11

I think being open source is going to be the key differentiat...

re: Hello world Aug 11

re: Hello World, Forem Aug 11

re: Has anyone used the browser extension? Aug 11

Yeah, I'm concerned that the "boot up" logic is a little inco...

re: Forem : A place to meet around the fire Aug 11

Yup! We’d just want to do it in a way that respects the indep...

re: Hello, World! Aug 10

Any aspect of Forem you're most looking forward to getting in...

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

re: Resources Required for Forem? Aug 10

I think we're running about .5GB of RAM per instance on PUMA,...

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

re: Has anyone used the browser extension? Aug 10

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

re: What should Forem use for documentation? Aug 10

Videos tend to be best for getting started as opposed to deep...

re: Do we require social registration to prevent abuse? Aug 10

Yup, we're definitely expanding beyond GitHub and Twitter. G...

re: What Forem search features are you craving? Aug 10

re: HELLO FOREM Aug 10

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

re: What sort of "Easter eggs" would you like to see in Forem? Aug 10

I think clicking the footer mascot should do something— possi...

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

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re: Welcome thread v0 Aug 10

re: Renaming things and broken links Aug 10

Lol at https://docs.forem.com/*

re: Should we prevent accounts with no emails associated with them? Aug 10

I think we need a better flow of accounting for this in onboa...

re: How should Forem do versioning? Aug 10

Good call. Especially because of how human-centric the produc...

re: What internationalization features should we support? Aug 10

Moving an internal comment here, which might lack some contex...

re: What Forem search features are you craving? Aug 10

Filter by tags (AND as well as OR) Filter by date Filter by ...

re: How should Forem do versioning? Aug 8

Are we good with supporting older versions for months or yea...

re: Is the approach to privacy within the forem browser extension valid? Aug 7

From the Content scripts link Content scripts can access Ch...

re: Hello World! Aug 6

re: I'll be adding some "language" docs Aug 6

The reason it is inconsistent is because I felt early on like...

re: I'll be adding some "language" docs Aug 6

Add initial language doc page ...

re: Let's do this Aug 6

re: Hello World! Aug 6

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