Can Stack Overflow keep pace with AI disruption?
The latest DirectorPlus edition explores Stack Overflow's team dynamics amid product overhauls.
Stack Overflow has long since been the internet's place to learn how to code. LLMs changed all that. Facing an existential crisis, Stack Overflow has had to pivot — and do so fast.
For the DirectorPlus July 2025 edition, I synced with Ellen Brandenberger at Stack Overflow and learned how Stack Overflow is reinventing itself in the AI age.
She shared with me their strategies for quickly guiding the rollout of entirely new product lines. For her, the cross-functional team model has proven especially useful for quickly building and validating these untested AI products. She shared with me the ins and outs of guiding a division with this approach.
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