Ben Lapidus
Builder, Engineer, Personality Hire
Building Swoop at Fastbreak AI.
- Product and engineering leader at Aisle, scaled app to 190k users (4.8★), $768k+ added revenue.
- Built high fidelity alerting systems at Bank of America.
- Automated diagnostic screening for Parkinson's disease with ROC HCI.
- Nationally recognized for building COVID-safe digital experiences at WCSA.
The List
My definitive list of what trends are in and out for 2026
I Beat United Healthcare
Sharing this because insurance companies benefit when we stay silent. Also, I'm feeling petty!
Boycott 2025 Results
Reducing Reliance on Target, Whole Foods, Walmart, and Amazon
Qualifiers
Arguably, technically, more or less, in a way, kind of, sort of, if you really think about it...
Optimism
Silly! Goofy! Hehe!
Beans, Beans, They’re Good For Your Heart
Turns out they’re also the hip, new, trendy food too
Ceramic Sculpture (Hobbies 2)
Pottery ⊆ Sculpture
Whittling (Hobbies 1)
A deep dive from my week of whittling
Friction
Eat your broccoli and exercise and no screens and more fiber and....
Hobby Hunting
Actively documenting my escape from self-imposed rules
RIP 18F
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Leading vs. Leading
I can't believe no one has corrected me
Puppy: One Year Review
A year of snuggling + biting + whining + wagging
Error Propagation
When a bug turns from a single problem to a system outage
Bygone Projects
I've been restoring some old Git repositories and hosting them on my server. Partially because I'm ill and it's raining and this is a fun little activity, and partially because I think it's neat to see how I've changed over time.
Best $26.95 ever spent
I'm not willing to say that this initial purchase led to a 3703-fold return, but it sure does make for a good article teaser.
Empty Blog
In a perfect world, my blog would be full of witty, creative, technical, inspiring posts that keep people refreshing in anticipation.
Five Essentials
Here are five tools that are a part of my "every day carry" as a developer