irc.solidus.alexstoick.weechatlog

2017-03-30 08:00:56	gmacdougall	Good day. Did you have time for the SolidusConf blog interview now?
2017-03-30 08:14:17	alexstoick	Hey
2017-03-30 08:14:25	alexstoick	How much time you think it’s gonna take? :smile:
2017-03-30 08:14:32	alexstoick	i have about 1h
2017-03-30 08:14:46	gmacdougall	Most of the previous ones have been 20-30 minutes
2017-03-30 08:14:50	alexstoick	ok
2017-03-30 08:14:53	gmacdougall	It depends on how fast you can type  :)
2017-03-30 08:14:56	alexstoick	yep
2017-03-30 08:14:58	alexstoick	:smile:
2017-03-30 08:15:08	alexstoick	pretty confident in my typing skills :smile:
2017-03-30 08:15:16	gmacdougall	Shall we get started then?
2017-03-30 08:15:37	alexstoick	yep :+1:
2017-03-30 08:16:04	gmacdougall	First, could you give us all an introduction to yourself?
2017-03-30 08:17:45	alexstoick	I’m Alex, a backend developer at Lostmy.name. I worked here for just under 3 years now, while studying towards my Computer Science degree from King’s College London.
2017-03-30 08:18:15	gmacdougall	How long have you been working with Spree / Solidus?
2017-03-30 08:18:56	alexstoick	I’ve had my introduction to Spree a few days after I started, so that would make it close to 3 years.
2017-03-30 08:19:23	gmacdougall	What sort of work do you do on a daily basis?
2017-03-30 08:21:45	alexstoick	Over time I have done a bit of everything: fixing Spree/Solidus bugs, launching new products, developing external APIs. However, most of the time I work deep into the depths of Solidus, trying to work out why our system is not behaving correctly, or how we can tap into new optimisations made available in latest patches.
2017-03-30 08:22:25	gmacdougall	I imagine you have some fun / terrible stories there...
2017-03-30 08:26:33	gmacdougall	Could you give us an overview of what you're going to be speaking about at SolidusConf this year?
2017-03-30 08:28:52	alexstoick	I’ll speak about some of the issues we had in the past about global shipping and how we tackled them - shipping from 10 different places with loads of ways to ship things is not something that _just works_. To make things even more complicated, we also have customisable products, so I’ll dip into that a bit, and try to show how we managed that complexity and how we now have a streamlined process for launching new products.
2017-03-30 08:30:10	gmacdougall	That should be interesting. I'm looking forward to it.
2017-03-30 08:30:22	alexstoick	_still need to write talk_
2017-03-30 08:30:22	gmacdougall	What else are you looking forward to at the conference?
2017-03-30 08:31:10	alexstoick	I quite liked the hack days last year; and also being around people that are using Solidus/Spree and understanding their love/hate relationship is great!
2017-03-30 08:32:17	gmacdougall	Glad to hear it.
2017-03-30 08:32:58	gmacdougall	Is there anything that you would recommend for the non-London locals who are coming to town? What is something they should consider doing when not at the conference?
2017-03-30 08:36:34	alexstoick	Not being a London-local myself for too long; I’d definitely recommend walking in some of the parks, if _the weather_ is permitting! Also, taking the `river boat` can be quite nice :smile:
2017-03-30 08:37:26	gmacdougall	That sounds fun.
2017-03-30 08:37:34	gmacdougall	Is there anything else that you wanted to mention before we wrap up?
2017-03-30 08:38:05	alexstoick	Really looking forward to the conference and seeing what everyone else is doing with Solidus!! :smile:
2017-03-30 08:38:11	alexstoick	Glad to have you guys in London :+1:
2017-03-30 08:38:32	gmacdougall	Excellent. Thanks for your time today.
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