Ben Balter

word-to-markdown. A ruby gem to liberate content from Microsoft Word documents

wordpress-static-site-exporter. One-click WordPress plugin that converts all posts, pages, taxonomies, metadata, and settings to Markdown and YAML which can be dropped into Jekyll (or Hugo or any other Markdown and YAML based site engine).

jekyll-auth. A simple way to use GitHub OAuth to serve a protected Jekyll site to your GitHub organization

jekyll-remote-theme. Jekyll plugin for building Jekyll sites with any GitHub-hosted theme

github-mention-highlighter. A Chrome extension that automatically highlights any time you are mentioned on a GitHub issue or pull request thread by highlighting your username, any team you're a member of, and the border of any containing comment.

word-to-markdown-js. Convert Word documents to beautiful Markdown. Via command line or in your browser.

word_diff. Word Diff empowers you to be a Markdown person in a Microsoft Word world by automatically converting any Word document committed to a GitHub repo to Markdown

gman. A ruby gem to check if the owner of a given email address or website is working for THE MAN (a.k.a verifies government domains).

pi-hole-cloudflared-docker-compose-ansible-caddy. Example configuration for using Pi-Hole, Cloudflared, Docker Compose, Ansible, and Caddy to over-engineer your home network for privacy and security.

dc-maps. Maps of Washington DC area public geodata

benbalter.github.com. The personal site of Ben Balter. Built with Astro and hosted on Cloudflare Pages.

jekyll-relative-links. A Jekyll plugin to convert relative links to markdown files to their rendered equivalents

congressional-districts. Historic and current US Congressional districts as GeoJSON, versioned within Git

jekyll-include-cache. A Jekyll plugin to cache the rendering of Liquid includes

count-org-loc. Count total lines of code across a GitHub organization

github_records_archiver. Backs up a GitHub organization's repositories and all their associated information for archival purposes.

geojson-diff. A Ruby library for diffing GeoJSON files

jekyll-titles-from-headings. Ruby

jekyll-readme-index. A Jekyll plugin to render a project's README as the site's index.

dc-wifi-social. A collaborative list of DC locations that serve up both Internet and Alcohol

site-inspector. Ruby Gem to sniff information about a domain's technology and capabilities.

jekyll-optional-front-matter. A Jekyll plugin to make front matter optional for Markdown files

markdown_to_word. Converts GitHub-flavored Markdown to a Word document

wordpress-plugin-tests. A Travis CI compatible unit testing for WordPress plugins that utilizes the WordPress core unit testing framework and PHPUnit

retlab. A minimalist Jekyll theme for your personal site

word-to-markdown-server. A hosted version of the Word to Markdown gem

markdown-to-pdf. On demand generation of enterprise-grade PDFs from GitHub-hosted markdown files

jekyll-style-guide. An opinionated guide to common Jekyll design patterns and anti-patterns.

github-forms. A RESTful API for submitting standard HTML form data to a GitHub-hosted CSV.

jekyll-default-layout. Silently sets default layouts for Jekyll pages and posts

comment-card. A simple interface for non-technical users — both authenticated and pseudonymous — to provide feedback for your GitHub-hosted project

jekyllbot. Listens for GitHub post-recieve service hooks messages, runs jekyll, and pushes the results back to GitHub.

problem_child. Allows authenticated or anonymous users to fill out a standard web form to create GitHub issues (and pull requests).

open-source-alternatives. A collaborative list of open-source alternatives to typical government and enterprise software needs

zoom-launcher. A command line tool for joining your next Zoom meeting.

change_agent. A Git-backed key-value store, for tracking changes to documents and other files over time

situation-clock. LED-style Situation Room wall clock formatted for iPads

Convert-Word-Documents-to-HTML. Cleans up the otherwise-ugly output generated by Microsoft Word when you use the File -> Save As HTML option and optionally includes Twitter Bootstrap

github-uploader. A simple app to enable drag-and-drop uploading of binary and other assets to GitHub Repositories

troll-repellant. A micro-service to automatically comment on and close issues opened by bothersome users.

zoom-go. A command line tool for joining your next Zoom meeting.

huebot. Changes a Phillips Hue light's color and flashes based on GitHub's status

sitemap-parser. Ruby Gem to parse sitemaps.org compliant sitemaps

add-to-org. A simple Oauth App to automatically add users to an organization

WP-Resume. Out-of-the-box solution to get your resume online. Built on WordPress's custom post types, it offers a uniquely familiar approach to publishing

jekyll-bootstrap-sass. A plugin to add Twitter Bootstrap to your Jekyll site

plister. A utility for programmatically setting OS X plist file preferences

bulk-issue-creator. Bulk opens batches of issues (or posts comments) across GitHub repositories based on a template and CSV of values. Think of it like "mail merge" for GitHub issues.