Delicious Reverie is the personal home of Benjamin Read on the web.

I'm a Senior and sometimes Lead JavaScript Software Engineer with experience of FinTech and Property Tech markets. I enjoy hanging out with my friends and family. I'm a partial to poetry and book collecting.

Most Recent articles:

• Ends of Many Things

  Seismic shifts in my life have meant this blog is becoming more about my personal interests. And I'm happy about that. I hope you will be along for the ride.

  Published on Sunday, 14 June 2026

  This article is about: personal

  Hidden Histories

  I've spent the last 2 years living and working around Welsh language speakers. I still find it amazing that a whole culture existed here without my ever encountering it before.

  Published on Wednesday, 1 April 2026

  This article is about: personal

  Build a countdown timer using Temporal with React

  As the Temporal API is now stable, and a specification compatible polyfill is available, I thought I would use Temporal to build a countdown timer in a React project.

  Published on Sunday, 4 January 2026

  This article is about: javascript

So far, 162 total articles published.

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