Benjaminwil
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Benjamin wil. benjamin wil is a software developer and technical writer based in Victoria, British Columbia, and the author of this website. His writing has appeared in literary magazines like EVENT and zines like Destroyed Cinema. He maintains the gollum and lifer Ruby gems.
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Adding a live word count to the Kakoune modeline
I wanted to conditionally add the current buffer's word count to Kakoune's modeline.
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I like JSON Feed
Recently, I implemented JSON Feed support for my static site generator, Lifer.
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SSH agent-managed SSH keys
You probably already know: there's no excuse to not be using a password manager in 2026.
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Portable feature flags in ten-ish lines of Ruby
It may make sense to use a mature feature flag library or pay for feature flags as a service in your complex application....
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Semantic style Ruby blocks
Here's another blog post vouching for writing Ruby blocks using the semantic rule.
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Victoria Film Festival 2026
This month was the 32nd occurrence of the Victoria Film Festival here in Victoria, British Columbia.
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