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Ben Faerber

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Ben Faerber

Over a three-month period, this developer delivered four new features across Python and OCaml projects, focusing on video extraction, API integration, and templating. In the harry0703/yt-dlp repository, they implemented extractors for SoftWhiteUnderbelly and Parti platforms, enabling authenticated video downloads and livestream support through robust API integration and comprehensive test coverage. They also contributed to php/doc-en by clarifying nullability in XML documentation to improve type safety. In ocaml/opam-repository, they packaged and integrated five Liquid-ML templating language modules, enhancing modularity for OCaml applications. Their work emphasized maintainability, reliability, and expanding functionality without introducing new bugs.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

100%Features

Repository Contributions

4Total
Bugs
0
Commits
4
Features
4
Lines of code
371
Activity Months3

Your Network

496 people

Work History

November 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Nov 1, 2025

November 2025 monthly summary for ocaml/opam-repository focusing on templating capabilities. Key deliverable: added five new OCaml packages implementing the Liquid templating language (Liquid-ML) to the repository, enabling modular templating for OCaml applications. No major bugs reported this month. Commit reference demonstrates the packaging effort: fbe62b68c0aede35d4429cdacfa33e9813b0d4b ("5 packages from benfaerber/liquid-ml at 0.1.3").

April 2025

2 Commits • 2 Features

Apr 1, 2025

April 2025 monthly summary: Delivered new Parti extraction capabilities in yt-dlp and improved PHP type safety in docs; focused on reliable feature delivery and test coverage across two repositories. No major bugs fixed this month.

February 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2025

February 2025 monthly summary: Delivered a new SoftWhiteUnderbelly extractor for yt-dlp with authentication and subscription support. This enables parsing of SoftWhiteUnderbelly URLs, authenticated downloads, and extraction of video metadata for gated content, expanding content coverage and user value. The work was implemented within the existing extractor framework and tracked under a focused commit.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness100.0%
Maintainability100.0%
Architecture100.0%
Performance90.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

OCamlPythonXML

Technical Skills

API IntegrationDocumentationOCaml developmentPython DevelopmentVideo DownloadingVideo StreamingWeb Scrapingpackage managementtemplating languages

Repositories Contributed To

3 repos

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

harry0703/yt-dlp

Feb 2025 Apr 2025
2 Months active

Languages Used

Python

Technical Skills

API IntegrationPython DevelopmentVideo DownloadingWeb ScrapingVideo Streaming

php/doc-en

Apr 2025 Apr 2025
1 Month active

Languages Used

XML

Technical Skills

Documentation

ocaml/opam-repository

Nov 2025 Nov 2025
1 Month active

Languages Used

OCaml

Technical Skills

OCaml developmentpackage managementtemplating languages