The Aarthi and Sriram Show

From dropout to Apple engineer, overcoming addiction and building an OS from scratch - Andreas Kling

Jul 5, 2022

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Serenity OS: A Complete Operating System for Desktop Computers

4min

The Importance of Programming

2min

The Struggles of a Coder

2min

The Story of a Self-Start Quarter

3min

How I Wind Up in Apple

2min

The War Between Nomencade and KDE

4min

The Imposter Syndrome of a Developer

2min

How I Survived Substances and Alcoholism

3min

10.

The Power of Alcohol

3min

11.

The Escalation of Alcohol

2min

12.

How to Survive a Drug Abuse Crisis

3min

13.

The Impact of Stage Intervention on Addiction

4min

14.

The Importance of Consent in Rehab Programs

2min

15.

The Importance of Admitting Flaws

3min

16.

The Importance of Accepting Your Obsession

5min

17.

How to Survive a Mammoth Intimidating Project

3min

18.

How to Get Visual Feedback Early on in a Project

2min

19.

The Importance of Sharing Visions and Goals

2min

20.

The Serenity of Windows 2000

2min

21.

The Importance of Nostalgia

2min

22.

How to Make Your Website Work

2min

23.

The Hardest Technical Challenges for HDBs TLS

3min

24.

Mac OS X: A Novel Operating System

2min

25.

Dave Cutler: The Most Productive Developer I've Ever Met

2min

26.

How to Build a Fun Font Editor

2min

27.

How to Port Software to Linux

4min

28.

How to Motivate Your Friends to Work on Your Project

2min

29.

How to Build Serenity in QMU

3min

30.

The Power of Patreon

2min

In this episode of the Good Time Show, Aarthi and Sriram talk to Andreas Kling who has a remarkable story from discovering his love for building things at a young age, his career at Apple, struggles with addiction, and the creation of Serenity OS -- which he is building from scratch, in public. Follow Sriram: https://www.instagram.com/sriramk/ https://twitter.com/sriramk Follow Aarthi: https://www.instagram.com/aarthir/ https://twitter.com/aarthir Follow the podcast: https://www.instagram.com/aarthiandsriramshow/ https://twitter.com/aarthisrirampod