#173 - 🐉 Welcome Ben "bencodezen" Hong; Enjoy the Vue #1 Episode is here; VuePress v1.3.0 released and more!

Hey, I’m very happy to let you know that [Ben Hong aka bencodezen](https://twitter.com/bencodezen) has recently joined the Vue.js core team! Rumors say, he’s actually a blue-scaled dragon that escaped Hogwarts during the Triwizard Tournament, but then again what does a muggle like me know? 🤷‍♂️ Congratulations Ben! 🐉 Also, VuePress v1.3.0 has been released! You can check out the list of changes [here](https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/releases/tag/v1.3.0). If you have been looking for a (non-news) podcast that is all about Vue, look no further! Put on your headphones and check out [Enjoy the Vue episode #1](https://enjoythevue.io/episodes/1/) brought to you by [Chris Fritz](https://twitter.com/chrisvfritz/), Ben Hong, [Ari Clark](https://twitter.com/GloomyLumi), and [Elizabeth Fine](https://twitter.com/ElizabethFine4)! Wish you a great weekend, — *[Damian Dulisz](https://twitter.com/damiandulisz)*