Ben Alman

@cowboy

I'm a senior developer at , creator of , and frequent contributor to . I also coined the term IIFE and play a mean funk bass.

Boston, MA
benalman.com
Joined June 2007
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  1. Jul 23

    This list of speakers and talks at looks awesome!

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    Jul 16
    Replying to

    Actual text of , for those who claim I'm "panicking". It SPECIFICALLY excludes people from rights.

    17 replies 579 retweets 357 likes
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    31 Jan 2016

    Learn REAPER

    2 replies 6 retweets 12 likes
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    Jul 10

    I’ve written more about what I love about the web and the kind of work I want to do (yup, I’m still looking :) )

    3 replies 7 retweets 6 likes
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    Jul 2

    Recuiters find it tough to tell the difference between Pokemon and tech names

    72 replies 2,328 retweets 3,545 likes
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    Jul 5

    I am finally ready tell my story. “Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub”

    397 replies 4,663 retweets 5,016 likes
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    Jul 6

    Pushed an RC of preact-render-spy, an enzyme-like testing utility for components. Made by and me w/❤️

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    Jun 15

    868-HACK is the 20th-best "really hidden gem" on steam, and also my favorite game:

    2 replies 8 retweets 20 likes
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    Jun 23

    868 $5,65 -27% (expansion coming next month)

    5 replies 21 retweets 32 likes
  10. Jun 22

    Interesting! “Why we’re betting against real-time team messaging” by

    3 retweets 9 likes
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    Jun 21
    Replying to

    NEWAYS THS MITE ANSWAR SUM MOAR (FRUM MEYE PRESENT8ION 2 ██████)

    6 retweets 5 likes
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    Jun 21
    Replying to

    ITS "WEATHER MAN" THO 2 WORDS FYI THATS GENDER NEUTRAL EYEM NOT RLLY A MAN EYEM JST A WEATHER BEING FRUM TH WEATHER REALM

    1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes
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    Jun 19

    I'm now independent—want to work together? Please get in touch! WordPress, JavaScript, front-end architecture, happy to tackle challenges

    15 replies 62 retweets 96 likes
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    Jun 15

    Just a little reminder to SMILE! Because women like positive men.

    16 replies 290 retweets 719 likes
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    Jun 10

    Today you can directly fund paying people's water bills through & your gift will be matched. Let's go!

    1 reply 73 retweets 57 likes
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    Jun 10

    Interesting commentary on using GUID/UUID as primary keys in a database:

    3 retweets 12 likes
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    Jun 9

    We’re now farther away from the release of jQuery (01/06) than the release of jQuery was from the release of JavaScript (09/95)… 👴⌛️💾

    24 replies 665 retweets 1,285 likes
  18. Jun 9

    Thanks, Mike!

    Replying to @cowboy @bocoup @FoundationATCG
    dang dude, 7 years. congrats!
    1 like
  19. Jun 9

    Today was my last day at . Seven great years! Now I'm off to to work on amazing new things.

    6 replies 52 likes

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