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benbalter/README.md

Welcome to the official GitHub profile of @benbalter

📖 My new book — Open & Async

Open & Async — The collaborative software development playbook for remote and distributed teams. A new book by Ben Balter.

Remote work isn't failing. Your playbook is.

Most companies didn't go remote — they just digitized the office. Open & Async is the opinionated, GitHub-tested playbook for building distributed teams that actually thrive: working in the open, defaulting to async, and measuring impact over hours. A decade of hard-won practice, distilled into moves you can steal today.

Pre-order the ebook — $9.99  Out July 21, 2026

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About Ben

Ben Balter is the former Director of Hubber Enablement at GitHub, where he ensured all Hubbers can do their best (remote) work. An attorney and open source advocate, he's spent over a decade at GitHub championing distributed collaboration, AI fluency, and open source philosophies — from the White House to the world's largest developer platform.

📖 Full bio · 📗 Open & Async (my new book — pre-order now)

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