spring 2023
Hello! Iâm Ben Borgers, a junior at Tufts University studying Computer Science.
Iâm an engineer at Locket working on the Android app, and a support engineer at Buttondown. This summer, Iâll be an intern at Notion in NYC.
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Tufts Meal Plan Wrapped
Mar 2, 2024
Building an e-ink picture frame that displays an iCloud photo album
Jan 9, 2024
2023 in review
Jan 5, 2024
5% of things go wrong
Dec 23, 2023
Winter break project list
Dec 19, 2023
How I got scammed on Facebook Marketplace
Jul 10, 2023
Ben Forms
May 31, 2023
Prototyping an AI-powered note-taking app
May 18, 2023
JumboCode+
May 17, 2023
What is JumboCode?
May 3, 2023
Stickies: Spatial note-taking
Apr 2, 2023
JumboCode plans for Head of Engineering
Mar 23, 2023
The real reason for my multiple majors
Mar 13, 2023
Learnings from JumboCode
Mar 9, 2023
War Room: Expansion features
Mar 5, 2023
War Room âBibâ
Feb 13, 2023
War Room â using the native date picker
Feb 13, 2023
Planning my week
Jan 17, 2023
Majoring in more
Jan 8, 2023
No Dessert Challenge
Jan 8, 2023
Publishing my Fall 2022 class notes
Jan 5, 2023
Semester 3
Dec 31, 2022
Website redesign, December 2022
Dec 27, 2022
Brief: AI-summarized news
Dec 4, 2022
Building henrynitzberg.com
Dec 1, 2022
Optimizing Kiwi for scale
Nov 26, 2022
New in Superadmin: styling, images, rich text
Nov 23, 2022
âyou have a lack of deadlinesâ
Jul 11, 2022
Apple Credit Card Rewards
Jul 10, 2022
Automatic Dark Mode Colors Donât Work
Jul 9, 2022
Why I Love Laravel
Jul 8, 2022
Why I Love Tailwind CSS
Jul 7, 2022
Bagel Institute
Jul 6, 2022
IKEA Backpack
Jul 5, 2022
Thumbs up for Six Flags
Jul 4, 2022
One Year Ago Email
Jul 3, 2022
First Name Usernames
Jul 2, 2022
Productivity YouTubers
Jul 1, 2022
Novel Food
Jun 30, 2022
Three People Talking
Jun 29, 2022
Driving School Corruption
Jun 28, 2022
Bubble Tea Snobbery
Jun 27, 2022
Basecamp Talks to You
Jun 26, 2022
Professorship Bias
Jun 25, 2022
Bronze, Silver, Gold
Jun 24, 2022
Muted
Jun 23, 2022
Reading with RSS
Jun 22, 2022
Schmooze
Jun 21, 2022
Iâm a Sucker for the Brand
Jun 20, 2022
5 Pages a Day
Jun 19, 2022
Late Night Sprints
Jun 18, 2022
Pebble Presentation
Jun 17, 2022
Things Go Downhill After We Leave
Jun 16, 2022
Stories for College Applications
Jun 15, 2022
Software Seems Resilient
Jun 14, 2022
Dark Sky
Jun 13, 2022
Are My Technical Posts Worth It?
Jun 12, 2022
Customer Rewards Programs
Jun 11, 2022
Habit Toddler
Jun 10, 2022
Gerald R. Gill Papers
Jun 9, 2022
Daily Habits
Jun 8, 2022
The Web is a Superpower
Jun 7, 2022
An Eye for Design
Jun 6, 2022
How You Perceive the World
Jun 5, 2022
Cheating on Field Notes
Jun 4, 2022
Writing Tasks Down
Jun 3, 2022
Your Feelings Are Not Unique
Jun 2, 2022
Recording Screencasts
Jun 1, 2022
Current Self and Going to Libraries
May 31, 2022
Security Questions
May 30, 2022
Class Council: âBrutally Honestâ
May 29, 2022
Girl Talk: All Day
May 28, 2022
My Stress is an Inside Job
May 27, 2022
Teaching Enthusiasm
May 26, 2022
HEYâs Fun Names
May 25, 2022
Punctuation
May 24, 2022
Kid Money
May 23, 2022
â21â by Patrick Roche
May 22, 2022
Music at 20%
May 21, 2022
Public Radio Stories
May 20, 2022
Website Rewrite 2
May 19, 2022
Hands Occupied
May 18, 2022
Not Developer Enough
May 17, 2022
School But Online
May 16, 2022
Listserv
May 15, 2022
tmrw
May 14, 2022
I Used All of My Meal Swipes!
May 13, 2022
Sunk Cost Chinese
May 12, 2022
Is Advice Flawed?
May 11, 2022
Why Do I Care About Grades?
May 10, 2022
Doubly Parasocial Relationships
May 9, 2022
Strong Hobbies
May 8, 2022
I Donât Get Getir
May 7, 2022
Charlesâ Sandwiches
May 6, 2022
Portal
May 5, 2022
Getir Colors
May 4, 2022
Draft Now, Publish Later
May 3, 2022
Lessons Learned from Hanging Posters
May 2, 2022
3blue1brown.elk.sh
May 1, 2022
I Miss Google Classroom
Apr 30, 2022
On âIncrementally Correct Personal Websitesâ
Apr 29, 2022
Reflection on Shutting Down Blocks
Apr 28, 2022
gerp
Apr 27, 2022
Pictures as Memories
Apr 26, 2022
Welcome to TikTok
Apr 25, 2022
Google Won the Kids
Apr 24, 2022
Bin System
Apr 23, 2022
Stubborn Consistency [100 daily blog posts]
Apr 22, 2022
Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
Apr 21, 2022
Instagramâs Lifespan
Apr 20, 2022
Twitter Not Found
Apr 19, 2022
Batching
Apr 18, 2022
RealMoji
Apr 17, 2022
Hash Tables [explained for anyone]
Apr 16, 2022
year 1
Apr 15, 2022
The Day Should End at 3am
Apr 14, 2022
Tufts & Change Makers
Apr 13, 2022
The Content Machine
Apr 12, 2022
Date Picker Details
Apr 11, 2022
Pluto was 2006??
Apr 10, 2022
The TikTok Peer Group
Apr 9, 2022
Trash Bags in the Laundry Room
Apr 8, 2022
Waking up Early
Apr 7, 2022
How I Sent Texts for Assassins
Apr 6, 2022
elk.sh
Apr 5, 2022
The Cost of Building an Idea
Apr 4, 2022
Website Like a Library
Apr 3, 2022
Publishing Class Notes
Apr 2, 2022
How /swipes Works
Apr 1, 2022
Designing Posters for Humans
Mar 31, 2022
CS 15: Data Structures
Mar 30, 2022
Formulaic Classes
Mar 29, 2022
5 Weeks Left
Mar 28, 2022
Half a Slice of Apple Pie
Mar 27, 2022
Un-figure-out-able Software
Mar 26, 2022
Covid Test Instructions
Mar 25, 2022
Personal Software
Mar 24, 2022
Do You Subvocalize?
Mar 23, 2022
Read the Dang Thing Out Loud
Mar 22, 2022
Web of Thoughts
Mar 21, 2022
Preschooler > AI
Mar 20, 2022
The Code That Keeps Me Alive
Mar 19, 2022
iPad Impatience
Mar 18, 2022
You Might Be Right, But Shut Up
Mar 17, 2022
Thinking in Silence
Mar 16, 2022
Did MCAS Matter?
Mar 15, 2022
Pi
Mar 14, 2022
The Land of Endless Socialization
Mar 13, 2022
Best Type of Bathroom Lock
Mar 12, 2022
Heart Reacts
Mar 11, 2022
It Does Have to Be Every Day
Mar 10, 2022
Tufts Meal Plans Are a Scam
Mar 9, 2022
The Redemption Arc Is Coming
Mar 8, 2022
Couch Guy
Mar 7, 2022
Overwhelmed
Mar 6, 2022
October 5th, 1582
Mar 5, 2022
It's Fun to Do Things with Care
Mar 4, 2022
r/AskReddit
Mar 3, 2022
Am I a Gym Bro Now?
Mar 2, 2022
App Identity
Mar 1, 2022
Giving Out Chick-fil-A on a Schedule App
Feb 28, 2022
60 kHz
Feb 27, 2022
Social Jealousy
Feb 26, 2022
I Misjudged My Chinese Professor
Feb 25, 2022
Understanding CalcYouLater Subconsciously
Feb 24, 2022
A Sixth Sense for Errors
Feb 23, 2022
A Design Improvement for Our Communal Showers
Feb 22, 2022
Information Distribution
Feb 21, 2022
It Doesnât Have to Be Every Day
Feb 20, 2022
My Guilt for Useless Things
Feb 19, 2022
Cornflakes
Feb 18, 2022
Gamelan Music
Feb 17, 2022
Streaks Are Extremely Powerful
Feb 16, 2022
Ben-Edit
Feb 15, 2022
Work-Life Separation in College
Feb 14, 2022
Website Rewrite
Feb 13, 2022
Fancy Quotation Marks
Feb 12, 2022
Meaningful Conversation
Feb 11, 2022
3:00 a.m. Radio
Feb 10, 2022
Gimme Back My Headphones
Feb 9, 2022
Weâre All Powered by Electric Meat
Feb 8, 2022
College CS Classes Are Tragically Dull
Feb 7, 2022
I Keep Rewriting My Personal Website
Feb 6, 2022
A Small Life Radius
Feb 5, 2022
Mornings Set the Tone
Feb 4, 2022
The Brain Can Observe Itself
Feb 3, 2022
Locked Posts on Ghost
Feb 2, 2022
Good Software Has a Clear Geography
Feb 1, 2022
Everyoneâs Asking for Tips Now
Jan 31, 2022
Thereâs No Personal Space in College
Jan 30, 2022
Is It Worth It to Be Passive Aggressive?
Jan 29, 2022
I Run My Life on Reminders
Jan 28, 2022
The Beginning of College Sucks
Jan 27, 2022
My Office Makes Me Feel Stupid
Jan 26, 2022
How Recurring Tasks in War Room Work
Jan 25, 2022
I Love Email
Jan 24, 2022
The Magic of the Common Room
Jan 23, 2022
Why Do We Still Use Snapchat?
Jan 22, 2022
Friday, January 21, 2022
Jan 21, 2022
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Jan 20, 2022
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Jan 19, 2022
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Jan 18, 2022
Monday, January 17, 2022
Jan 17, 2022
An emoji picker epiphany
Jan 17, 2022
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Jan 16, 2022
I want to use all of my ridiculously many meal swipes
Jan 16, 2022
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Jan 15, 2022
Friday, January 14, 2022
Jan 14, 2022
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Jan 13, 2022
War Room
Oct 22, 2021
Blocks recap
May 31, 2021