Ben Hengst
Sr Perl Developer at CPAN
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolBen Hengst is a seasoned Sr. Perl Developer based in Portland, Oregon, with 18 years of experience building APIs, frameworks, and metrics-driven systems. He currently shapes backend architecture at DreamHost while maintaining and authoring CPAN modules, demonstrating sustained open-source commitment since 2007. His background spans e-commerce, payments, and medical device QA, where he delivered high-impact redesigns that reduced risk and saved millions. Comfortable bridging planning and hands-on coding, he has led migrations to modern tools (git), improved testing practices, and streamlined internal workflows. An educator at heart, he previously taught and rewrote curriculum for O'Reilly School of Technology, applying pedagogy to improve developer tooling and team communication. Colleagues describe him as happiest on energetic teams solving meaningful problems, bringing steady craftsmanship and multidisciplinary curiosity to every project.
18 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Multimedia and Web Design, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design, B.S. Multimedia and Web Design, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design at The Art Institute PortlandBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) [incomplete], Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) [incomplete] at The Ohio State University
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Github Skills (56)
plack9
psgi8
perl7
health7
knowledge-graph6
svn-checkout6
build-automation6
graph6
cruisecontrol6
linux6
python6
codefreeze6
markdown6
qt6
mental-health6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
notbenh/dont-fucking-send-me-patches-I-hate-you-all
Jul 2012 - Jan 2020
no really this is a social experiment: fuck you I don't care about you don't send me patches I hate you all.
Contributions:8 commits, 6 PRs, 3 pushes in 7 years 6 months
hatecarepatchessocial-experimentreally
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