Ben Kraft

Ben Kraft

@benkraft.org

Nonsense Engineer, Infrastructure

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Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

soliciting catchier names for my voter guide, "elect boring competent candidates so you won't be pissed off" doesn't have the same ring to it

Ben Kraft@benkraft.org

thank you for waiting patiently, the official benkraft voter guide is here! come for yes I do have an opinion on the governor's race, stay for footnote 8 with 200 words of my best opinions on CEO pay data. read it here: benkraft.org/ballot/2026-...

Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

oh yeah and while I'm picking fights with Big Voter Guide, let it be known that said footnote 8 is more accurate than GrowSF's research on the same point

Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

me sowing: I'm gonna do this in a hacky way because idk how many people will use this thing me reaping: why is everyone just adding to my hacky nonsense

Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

MY TEAM is once again hiring for SOFTWARE ENGINEERS Pros: - you get to work with ME - a giant typescript codebase with some pretty cool tooling and problems to solve ✨at scale✨ Cons: - you will work with ME - a giant typescript codebase at the bleeding edge of TS scale

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Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

BTW if you are "happy with your job thanks" and "already working on TS at scale" (think: your tsc build is many minutes), please also reach out, we'd love to compare notes.

Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

MY TEAM is once again hiring for SOFTWARE ENGINEERS Pros: - you get to work with ME - a giant typescript codebase with some pretty cool tooling and problems to solve ✨at scale✨ Cons: - you will work with ME - a giant typescript codebase at the bleeding edge of TS scale

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Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

Speaking of office, we're IRL in San Francisco. For this posting no experience on a Dev Experience team is necessary! If you love to fix those annoying papercuts that keep your team from shipping faster, but never had the time, you're a great fit.

Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

MY TEAM is once again hiring for SOFTWARE ENGINEERS Pros: - you get to work with ME - a giant typescript codebase with some pretty cool tooling and problems to solve ✨at scale✨ Cons: - you will work with ME - a giant typescript codebase at the bleeding edge of TS scale

Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

More pros: - Notion is a pretty great company, you can be on a dev experience team anywhere and why not here. - Reportedly our new office just a few months away will have excellent "library vibes". - We support, work with, and learn from a ton of really cool engineers.

Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

need someone to write an overly-researched piece on the history of trout roe on latkes and what it means about the evolution of Jewish food culture in the United States

Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

can't stop thinking about how all my coworkers are suddenly using Cursor, while Robert Caro writes on a Smith-Corona Electra 210 typewriter

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Jon Bois
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the clearest evidence that america is a manifestation of god’s will is that the fourth of july always occurs on july 4th. every. single. time. at which point does something cease to be a coincidence and start to become a miracle

Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

Everyone has a friend who you know is gonna become a NIMBY the minute they turn 40. Look around; if you're not sure who that is, it's you.

Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

I regret to inform you that the rumors are true: the people who made the new Google Authenticator icon indeed never read Breakfast of Champions

Ben Kraft
@benkraft.org

issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding King Charles I of England. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to him"

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