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Ben Isenstein

Full stack developer. I love crafting rich experiences, and enabling others to do their best work.

From Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Lover and traveller of the Americas.

Other hats include entrepreneur, musician, educator, and youth mentor.

I sometimes give talks and "ask-me-anythings" at InceptionU, my alma mater bootcamp. Teaching is likely the highest form of learning, and mentorship is a great joy.

Worked in AI innovation at Unilever from Jan-Apr 2026.

Worked at Canadian pension OMERS from 2022-2024, and 2026-present.

Currently based in Toronto.

Building on the Modern Web

Languages

  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Go
  • HTML/CSS

Local Dev

  • VS Code
  • NodeJS
  • Vite
  • Docker

Infra

  • Railway
  • MS Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Github

Storage

  • SQLite
  • Postgres
  • MongoDB
  • Azure Storage

Backend

  • Express
  • Flask
  • Supabase
  • Serverless

Frontend

  • React
  • Astro
  • Vanilla
  • TailwindCSS

Open Source, Experiments, Projects

PG On Rails

Self-hosted Supabase. Amazing developer experience.

React Unstructured Table

Render a list of rows with unknown and varied schemas.

Supastack

CLI tool to start development and deploy a web app template featuring Supabase, React, Vite, and TailwindCSS.

HTTP Job Queue

Zero-dependency asynchronous HTTP request queue using Bun JS and Sqlite.

Conway's Game of Life

Game of Life simulation on an HTML canvas. Careful attention paid to composability in the software over inheritance.

Mortgage vs Renting Chart

Find out if you'll be better off buying or renting. Simulate your net worth in either timeline and see the data.

HTML to PDF Server

Flask service to convert any html to pdf using the battle-tested engine from Webkit, wkhtmltopdf.