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Stack Overflow Podcast: Christine Ryu discusses how tech is transforming finance

 

March 7, 2023

The Stack Overflow podcast welcomes Flourish Engineering Lead Christine Ryu

Listening time: 20 minutes

 

Flourish Engineering Lead Christine Ryu joined Stack Overflow hosts Ben Popper, Cassidy Williams, and Ryan Donovan to discuss how technology is transforming finance for everyone from big banks to individual consumers.

Christine spoke about how legacy tech stacks lead to Frankencode, what an acquisition taught her about build vs. buy and good vs. perfect, and how to bring innovation to wealth managers through easy-to-use, beautifully-designed technology. Listen to their conversation on the Stack Overflow podcast.

 

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