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Alex Kretzschmar

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
808 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

I think it was always in my intention that, that my repo would be like the primary, I think in this case, because the, I wanted to give Morgan a lot of credit because he did a lot of the work on the original script, but in terms of like long-term ownership, that was what I was more interested in.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

We could contribute back to upstream.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

In a way, in a, in a way that I couldn't do just as a solo dude before AI came along.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

Because you're at the velocity where the ideas can flow.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

They still flow faster than what the AI can generate, but not that much faster.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

seriously yeah i spent a long time in the planning phase with it so okay before it wrote a single line of code i probably spent two three four hours going through what the various pitfalls of different decisions might be um and then once we talked through all of that like the actual coding part only took about 20 minutes it was kind of stupid how fast it was in the end it is kind of yeah i'm with you on that

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

But only if you've taken the time.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

Otherwise, you're just guessing.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

Like I said, I know just enough to be dangerous now.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

But the flip side of that, though, is I didn't have to collaborate with anybody.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

Whereas in the original case, I spent a lot of time collaborating with Captain Morgan, right?

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

These days, I can just sit in my room and do it by myself.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

And so the collaborative spirit and nature of open source kind of diminishes a little bit because I'm so empowered by it.