Ben Curtis - Honeybadger, Breakwater

About this episode

Ben Curtis discusses his journey in software development, his work on Honeybadger, and his new project Breakwater.

This week we're joined by Ben Curtis, the founder and CEO of Honeybadger and creator of Breakwater. Ben has been a pillar of the Ruby community for over 20 years, and has been a driving force behind many of the tools and frameworks that we use today. We talk about his journey into the world of software development, his work on Honeybadger, and his new project Breakwater. https://www.honeybadger.io https://www.bencurtis.com https://www.breakwaterapp.com https://bsky.app/profile/bencurtis.com https://github.com/stympy https://www.linkedin.com/in/bencurtis https://hachyderm.io/@bencurtis

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett

Guest: Ben Curtis

Topics covered

• software development
• Ruby community
• Honeybadger
• Breakwater
• developer tools

Keywords

• Ben Curtis
• Honeybadger
• Breakwater
• Ruby
• software development
• developer tools
• open source

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Honeybadger, Breakwater, Ruby community, GitHub, LinkedIn, Hachyderm

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