I joined Austin Lutz on the LutzTalk Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about how Mac administration has changed, what it means to bring a creative perspective to IT engineering, and where things are heading.
We talked through the shift from fire-and-forget scripts to version-controlled, structured automation — and how Shikomi emerged from the frustration of starting every project from scratch. We also got into the human side of IT: the transition into the field, what curiosity and problem-solving skills matter more than credentials, and why diversity in both technology and people is one of the more underrated factors in building resilient teams.
The last third of the conversation turned toward AI — what pair programming with a language model actually looks like in practice, where it genuinely helps, and where the dependency risk starts to show up.