Ben Newton
Frontend Architect and Engineering Leader
With over two decades of experience building web applications and leading engineering teams, I specialize in creating elegant, high-performance frontend solutions using React, TypeScript, and modern web technologies.
Currently focused on architectural patterns, developer experience, and building accessible applications that scale.
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Navigating Your Career Path as a Developer: From Junior to Principal and Beyond
Learn about the different levels of developer roles and get career advice from my journey as a developer, from an accidental start to a Frontend Architect. Navigate your tech career with insights on continuous learning, mentorship, and strategic growth
How I Add the Weather to My Obsidian Daily Note
Use iOS (or macOS) Shortcuts to add the day's weather for my location to my Obsidian Daily Note.
How I Use iOS Shortcuts to Add Today's Local Weather to My Obsidian Daily Note
Use iOS (or macOS) Shortcuts to add the day's weather for my location to my Obsidian Daily Note.
Automating My Obsidian Daily Note
How I use iOS Shortcuts to automatically create and populate my daily note.
Quickly Add VSCode to Your iPad
A quick walkthrough of how to add VSCode to your iPad home screen.
How I Import My Meetings Into My Obsidian Daily Note
How I automate importing my Obsidian daily note's meeting schedule from my Outlook calendar events.
5 VSCode Extensions I Use Daily to Manage My Remote Teams
VSCode Extensions that, as a lead front-end developer and architect, I can't live without.
How I View My Latest Readwise Highlights in My Obsidian Daily Note
I created an Obsidian Dataview query to view my latest Readwise highlights daily.
First Look at the Official Readwise Obsidian Plugin
A rundown of the official Obsidian plugin from Readwise
My Obsidian Daily Note Template
How I use Obsidian to track my day-to-day.