Ben Friedl
@ben.enterprises
I write software occasionally | Former Minecraft modder | CS @ UW-Madison | https://ben.enterprises/
Adding a gambling mechanic to reading (footnotes) was the greatest innovation in writing since the period
September 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Adding a gambling mechanic to reading (footnotes) was the greatest innovation in writing since the period
This microservice could have been a HashMap.
August 9, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This microservice could have been a HashMap.
I love how the designers of the ZIP file format thought a ZIP archive spanning 65,536 disks might not be enough, so they bumped the maximum number of disks to 4,294,967,295 in ZIP64 for good measure
January 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I love how the designers of the ZIP file format thought a ZIP archive spanning 65,536 disks might not be enough, so they bumped the maximum number of disks to 4,294,967,295 in ZIP64 for good measure
"To be, or not to be" -Shakespeare, Explaining the law of excluded middle
December 3, 2024 at 2:43 AM
"To be, or not to be" -Shakespeare, Explaining the law of excluded middle
The hardest part of a hackathon is writing the LinkedIn post afterwards
November 27, 2024 at 2:50 AM
The hardest part of a hackathon is writing the LinkedIn post afterwards