Rob Dubbin is a comedy writer, programmer and game developer who co-created a popular script-writing platform Scripto while a writer on The Colbert Report.
Career Dubbin worked on The Harvard Lampoon. He later became a writer and digital producer on The Colbert Report.
Scripto was originally conceived at the end of 2010, when Colbert and Dubbin first discussed making a bespoke drafting program for the writers’ room. Until then, they had using the Electronic News Production System, a platform developed by the Associated Press that did not allow for collaborative writing.
The software was brought to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where Dubbin also worked as a writer.
He later become CEO of Scripto.
Programming Dubbin's preferred programming language is Python due to its mix of text manipulation and forgiveness for lack of code rigor.
Dubbin created a Twitter bot in 2013 known as @oliviataters, which tweeted musings under a guise of a teenage girl. It became popular in part because it was known as the bot most likely to be mistaken as human. It was later suspended by Twitter.
Personal life Mr. Dubbin is the son of a preschool teacher and a lawyer.
Dubbin married in 2012.
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