Ben Tossell
Also known as Ben’s Bites, Makerpad
Ben Tossell publishes Ben’s Bites, an AI newsletter and source of practical building guidance. He worked in the Product Hunt community from 2015 and later made projects with no-code tools. He founded Makerpad in 2019 to teach that process. Zapier acquired Makerpad in March 2021. In 2022, he joined an AI team at Zapier and launched Ben’s Bites in October. Later posts combined AI founder stories with guidance on learning through direct projects. The current publication continues his interest in helping people understand tools, connect them and create useful software.
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- Zapier
Timeline
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2015
Working in a product community
Product Hunt hired Tossell to work in its community in 2015.
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2019
Creating Makerpad
He launched Makerpad in 2019 to teach no-code building.
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2022
Starting Ben’s Bites
Tossell joined an AI team at Zapier in 2022.
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2024–2025
Writing about builders and learning
Ben’s Bites published founder stories and practical guidance.
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Current work
Running a continuing AI publication
Ben’s Bites now combines a newsletter, tool material and posts about building with AI.
Sources and credits
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