2025-02-25 Podcast - Reinis Rozenšteins

Reinis is an entrepreneur with extensive experience as a developer in both commercial and government sectors. He recently founded REDZI DIGITAL, a company that provides comprehensive software solutions for organizations like Grindex and others.

In addition to his business ventures, Reinis is recognized as an advocate in the Baltic IT industry. He champions professional excellence by addressing issues with contractors offering poor quality assurance and insufficient long-term technical support. His work aims to raise industry standards and set clear benchmarks for performance and service delivery in the region.

AI and websites

  1. I've been working on web projects for a long time. Why web development? Why not apps, embedded software, games, or even AI?

  2. I’ve heard terms like WEB 4.0, WEB 3.0, and WEB 2.0. What do they mean, and how has the web evolved over the years?

  3. What can we learn from the web's evolution through mobile, social, and AI phases?

  4. How is AI affecting website development in 2025?

  5. What AI tools you use for web development?

  6. Can non-developers build websites using GPT?

  7. What do you think of no-code web development?

  8. What AI trends are emerging in UX? Will chat interfaces replace traditional websites?

  9. How is SEO affected by AI?

  10. Why choose a dedicated software team over a freelancer?

  11. Can junior developers accelerate their professional growth in the age of AI?

     

Experiences

  1. Explain your experience briefly. Which roles have you held over the years, such as web developer, government official, project manager, and founder?

  2. What key lessons have you learned about digital product design?

  3. What's your most important dev team management insight?

  4. How do you motivate dev/design team to do good work?

  5. What have been the situations where you need step in to clear up the mess?

  6. How do you identify good client?

  7. What's the untold dark side of the industry?

  8. What's your take on AI agents?

  9. Can project manager be an AI agent?

Fun questions

  1. Preference: 5km run or sauna for stress relief?

  2. Would you rather code on PC or Mac for the rest of your life?

  3. Favorite LLM: Grok, GPT, or Claude?

  4. How do you manage stress?

  5. Why are you not on social media?

  6. What's your record for weekly work hours?

  7. What has been your most bizzare client or project over years?

  8. What is the most bizarre excuse for not doing work properly in your team?

  9. How do you keep developing yourself?

  10. Who's your tech role model and why?