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Ben Faerber

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Ben Faerber

Developed and integrated advanced extraction and templating features across multiple repositories, focusing on Python and OCaml. Delivered new video and livestream extractors for yt-dlp, enabling authenticated downloads and API-driven metadata parsing for platforms like SoftWhiteUnderbelly and Parti. Enhanced documentation in php/doc-en by clarifying type nullability in XML, improving type safety. In ocaml/opam-repository, packaged and released five Liquid-ML templating language modules, providing OCaml projects with modular templating capabilities through interpreter, parser, and standard library components. Emphasized robust API integration, parser development, and CI-friendly packaging practices, consistently delivering well-tested features that expand downstream functionality without introducing major bugs.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

100%Features

Repository Contributions

5Total
Bugs
0
Commits
5
Features
5
Lines of code
546
Activity Months4

Your Network

528 people

Work History

June 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Jun 1, 2026

June 2026 monthly summary: Delivered OCaml Liquid templating language support by introducing five packages (interpreter, parser, standard library, syntax definitions, and main Liquid ML package) to ocaml/opam-repository. The work was released as a cohesive commit: 6d5ca346aab7f609248dbd3d4f32324b7f132b44 (5 packages from benfaerber/liquid-ml at 0.1.4). No major bugs fixed this month. Impact: enables OCaml projects to leverage Liquid templating via a cohesive, reusable package set, expanding templating capabilities and enabling downstream product features. Skills demonstrated: OCaml package development, parser/interpreter implementation, ML packaging, and repository integration with CI-friendly release practices.

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%
Performance92.0%
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

ocaml/opam-repository

Nov 2025 Jun 2026
2 Months active

Languages Used

OCaml

Technical Skills

OCaml developmentpackage managementtemplating languages

php/doc-en

Apr 2025 Apr 2025
1 Month active

Languages Used

XML

Technical Skills

Documentation