Portrait of Benj Ledesma

let's get in touch!

whether you need help with a project, a second opinion on engineering decisions, or just someone to geek out with over music theory, chess, running, terrace house, and so on — i'm more than happy to have a chat :D

benj.ledesma@gmail.comgithublinkedin

i'm listening to

  1. Meaningful Stone - Shower duty - Live
  2. Meaningful Stone - Mikael
  3. Tyler, The Creator - Ring Ring Ring
  4. Meaningful Stone - Mikael - Live
  5. berlioz - ascension
  6. Meaningful Stone - A Call from my Dream - Live
  7. Meaningful Stone - Westin Josun Hotel - Live
  8. Meaningful Stone - beep-boop-beep-boop - Live
  9. Meaningful Stone - Esc _()_ (feat. Swervy) - Live
  10. Meaningful Stone - Intro + Red car - Live

things i use

  • MacBook Air M1, 2020 - 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

    lightweight, durable, and good enough to get the job done.

  • Any 27" monitor

    the comfiest size for me. any bigger and i'll have a lot of unused space, especially with dual monitors or ultrawides. smaller sizes (even on just the macbook) can work with smart window management.

  • NeoVim + tmux

    thanks to these guys, i often only need 2 windows to work - my terminal and my browser. i'm only ever looking at one workspace at a time (great for focus), but switching to another project / repo or spinning up a background job can be done with only a few keystrokes.

  • Notion

    everything i need for project management, studying, note-taking, and so on. i love that the interface is mostly a clean black & white, putting full emphasis on the content itself and not the surrounding ui. and of course, the keyboard shortcuts are amazing.

  • Google Calendar

    pretty much anything that happens in my life gets calendared - meetings, workouts, chores, hangouts. tasks always have a due date, whether it's next week or in 6 months. this helps remind me to do things, assess task urgency off the bat, and give quick answers regarding my availability.

  • Sennheiser MTW3

    the noise cancellation isn't as good as sony's wf-1000xm4, but the sound quality is superb - as if you're wearing over-ear headphones. i may not make music as often anymore, but i sure love listening to it.