Ben Balter

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Product leader. 10 years at GitHub building trust & safety and developer platforms. Author of Open and Async.

Washington, DC10,358 followers231 repositories

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benbalter/word-to-markdown-js

Convert Word (.docx) documents to clean Markdown: CLI, Node library, or in your browser at word2md.com

★ 265TypeScriptForks 38

benbalter/dotfiles

@BenBalter's computering environment and the scripts to initialize it and keep it up to date.

★ 31ShellForks 6

benbalter/benbalter.github.com

Source for ben.balter.com, Ben Balter's blog on open source, remote work, and GitHub. Built with Astro on Cloudflare

★ 160TypeScriptForks 260

benbalter/bookmarklets

Bookmarklets I use every day: copy a GitHub issue link, increment a URL, view without cache, and toggle GitHub Pages site/source

★ 0JavaScriptForks 0

benbalter/gman

Ruby gem to check whether an email address or domain belongs to a government (.gov, .mil, and worldwide gov domains)

★ 170RubyForks 88

benbalter/prompter-ctl

Unofficial CLI to control the Elgato Prompter via Camera Hub's local API. Not affiliated with Elgato/Corsair.

★ 0JavaScriptForks 0

benbalter/comment-rollup

Rolls up all comments on an issue or discussion into the issue body under a details tag and optionally as a Word document.

★ 3TypeScriptForks 3

benbalter/reorg-tuesdays

Treat your history of org reorgs and manager changes as a survival-analysis problem — and render it as charts. For fun.

★ 6TypeScriptForks 0

benbalter/smartblinds-ble

Local, hub-free & cloud-free Bluetooth control of MySmartBlinds / Tilt smart blinds — keep them working after the cloud shuts down (Home Assistant + ESP32/ESPHome).

★ 0PythonForks 0

benbalter/site-inspector

Ruby gem and CLI that checks a domain's HTTPS, HSTS, DNS, headers, cookies, WHOIS, accessibility, and tech stack

★ 90RubyForks 28

benbalter/markdown-to-word-js

Convert GitHub Flavored Markdown to Word documents directly in your browser. No uploads required - everything happens client-side.

★ 1TypeScriptForks 1

benbalter/zoom-go

A command line tool for joining your next Zoom meeting.

★ 34GoForks 7

benbalter/bulk-issue-creator

Bulk opens batches of issues (or posts comments) across GitHub repositories based on a template and CSV of values. Think of it like "mail merge" for GitHub issues.

★ 22TypeScriptForks 2

benbalter/tweets

Archive's historical Tweets as a Jekyll site on GitHub Pages

★ 7JavaScriptForks 0

benbalter/jekyll-default-layout

Jekyll plugin that silently sets default layouts for pages and posts, no front matter needed. Supported on GitHub Pages

★ 63RubyForks 23

benbalter/word-to-markdown

Ruby gem & CLI to convert Word (.docx) documents to Markdown. Superseded by word-to-markdown-js at word2md.com

★ 1,552RubyForks 157