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Podcast Episode 6

Natural progression: from BASIC to plugins

Guest

Ben Croker

Duration

1 hr 5 min

Ben Croker moved from Ireland to Graz, Austria, fifteen years ago for love and the mountains. He and his wife live nomadically, hiking and snowshoeing across Europe year-round. 

In this episode, his first appearance on CraftEntries, he talks about learning BASIC from his father, two education startups before PutYourLightsOn, and how he ended up building some of the most widely used Craft CMS plugins, including Sprig, Blitz, and Campaign. 

He also talks about what drives him as a developer: hiding complexity so well that the user never notices it.

 

Thomas Sausen

Thomas Sausen

Web Developer

Thomas started building WordPress websites in 2005, worked with ExpressionEngine, and fell for Craft CMS in 2013. He freelances from Germany and founded CraftEntries in 2015, where he also hosts the podcast.