Ben Popper

Ben is the Director of Content at Stack Overflow, responsible for the blog, podcast, and newsletter. He is a drone enthusiast, Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner, and former journalist. You can find more of his work on his blog - benpopper.net
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podcast February 4, 2020

Podcast: Your Buddy is Typing

Teresa Dietrich, Stack Overflow's new Chief Product Officer, talks about the time a new feature for AOL Instant Messenger almost took down the company's whole network.
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podcast December 17, 2019

Podcast: Time For Some Major League Hacking

To kick things off, we talk about Yap, a fun new project from Paul’s company, Postlight. Employees get to partake in a Labs program where they can pursue side projects that interest them. Yap is “an ephemeral, real-time chat room with up to six participants. Your messages appear and disappear as quickly as you type…
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