Digital Crafters #5 — Alexander Obenauer
Alex is a software developer, designer and consultant who is currently working on the operating system of the future, WonderOS. We talk about his work, the experience of using computers today, and more.
Follow Alex's work:
/ alexobenauer
https://alexanderobenauer.com/labnote...
https://wonderos.org/
https://mailpilot.app/
Mentioned projects and people:
CollapseOS - https://collapseos.org/
SerenityOS by Andreas Kling - / andreaskling
Memberful - https://memberful.com/
Zig Lang by Andrew Kelley - / andy_kelley
Obsidian - https://obsidian.md/
Muse - https://museapp.com/
Bear Notes - https://bear.app/
Hundred Rabbits - http://100r.co/site/about_us.html
My artificial mind experiments - https://fernando.works/cognitive-rese...
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Listen on Spotify:
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Follow me:
https://fernando.works/
/ _fergarram_
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:52 Is WonderOS being developed from scratch?
00:03:59 How WonderOS works and what makes it different
00:05:52 "Wonderful" is a programming language for defining item views
00:09:58 How editable item views can improve the user experience
00:13:17 How do you prevent software from being hard to customize?
00:16:29 Will WonderOS have window views?
00:20:51 How will theming in WonderOS work?
00:23:08 Using linux as a base for WonderOS and more low-level talk
00:26:15 Doing the high-level stuff first allows for faster experimentation
00:28:42 Thoughts on SerentyOS and Andreas' approach to working on big projects
00:30:14 Are you planning to do streaming?
00:35:30 Crowdfunding WonderOS and going fulltime
00:37:56 What's the long-term business plan?
00:38:58 How will AI impact WonderOS?
00:47:11 Are we progressing towards better software?
00:53:03 Obsidian as a personal wiki and note taking app
00:57:37 Fernando's note taking approach and current main project
01:09:45 Will WonderOS have a wiki or documentation site?
01:12:11 Hundred Rabbits, RVing, and how being away from computers inspires better computing
01:21:29 The importance of developing computing primitives and educating people about them
01:33:06 Self expression through software and hardware
01:37:17 Software development should be for everyone!
01:44:18 News feeds, notifications and other devilish features of today's software services
01:51:18 Learning other languages
01:55:31 Closing interview and outro