You Can't "Vibe Code" Love

About six months ago, I was offered a presentation slot at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress in Berlin. I rarely take speaking engagements, especially international ones, but this one arrived at just the right time, the right place, and with the right person – I said yes, on the contingency that Ben Dumke-von der Ehe joins me in the presentation. Ben is an early community hire at Stack Overflow who lives in Berlin. We both had something important we wanted to talk about, with slightly different opinions, different perspectives. They agreed to the requirement. This is our presentation, as delivered Friday, July 10th at the CityCube in Berlin.At the heart of this presentation is the human story of how Ben and I met. As I said on stage:The long version of this story is that we changed each others' lives. The short version is: unicorns.You should hear Ben's side of the story directly from him. It's remarkable. Also remarkable is that he left Stack Overflow, then came back... and then…