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Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] General Discussion => Topic started by: TomG on 2018-03-19, 16:03:40

Title: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: TomG on 2018-03-19, 16:03:40

With Corona, you don't just get the software, you also get the team behind it. Using the software will teach you about that, but how do you get to know about the team?

That thought gave us a new idea, "Know Your Devs". Here's how it works:

- Ask your questions in this forum thread
- We'll leave this thread open for 5 days, to give you time to ask your questions, then we'll lock it
- The developer will take a look through and answer the interesting questions, which we'll publish in the Corona Blog (probably a week or two after closing the thread)
- If it's successful, we'll repeat it for another developer!

So, what about that "interesting questions" part? Here are some guidelines:

- Please post only personal questions or questions about inner workings of the team. You can already ask technical questions in other parts of this forum, and this is about getting to know the developers as people.
- Keep your question relevant to the particular developer.
- Only ask, don't answer - even if you think you know the answer!
- It will be up to the developer to choose which they answer and which they don't.

With all that out of the way, please welcome our first developer to the Q&A hotseat.... Ondra Karlik!

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: Jann on 2018-03-19, 16:36:04

I'll keep it simple - favorite type of coffee? (beans, prep method, or anything related)

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: NicolasC on 2018-03-19, 16:51:47

On my side, I'll keep it predictable :)
How came to your mind the idea of developping a new render engine ?

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: rozpustelnik on 2018-03-19, 19:42:26

The OTHER hobby :)

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: Noah45 on 2018-03-19, 22:14:36

What is your ultimate goal, personally?

edit: legacy

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: Eder_Xavier on 2018-03-20, 01:53:16

did you get rich from selling COrona to Chaos Group???? :)

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: Benny on 2018-03-20, 03:00:58

Favorite movies!

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: Christa Noel on 2018-03-20, 03:20:50

thanks Tom, this is kind of thread is a great idea!

i'm moreless with rozpustelnik,
Ondra, tell us something about your hobbies & routines (non-coding).. =D
who knows that you're a guitarist out there like TomG ;)

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: vicmds on 2018-03-20, 13:40:52

Everyone knows Corona is beloved by people in Archviz. And in other familiar fields as well, of course. But what do you imagine is the most eccentric use of the renderer?

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: lolec on 2018-03-20, 20:05:01

What led you to believe that you could build a new render engine that could compete with the giants? I'm interested in the specific gap you saw, and why you felt confident that you could fill that gap? In other words, what did you know that seemed like nobody else knew?

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: danio1011 on 2018-03-21, 05:25:23

Great idea for a thread!

What is your work life balance like?  Do you 8 hr days?  10?  Weekends?

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: davemahi on 2018-03-21, 15:02:47

I am very happy about it, but why did you choose 3ds Max as the main platform for your render?

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: rozpustelnik on 2018-03-21, 16:05:14

How did You manage to keep social / family life before the official Corona release - I'm talking about hard work of coding.

Title: Re: Know Your Devs - Ondra Karlik
Post by: TomG on 2018-03-28, 15:48:53

Thanks for the questions everyone! Ondra's answers are out now:

https://corona-renderer.com/blog/know-your-devs-ondra-karlik/ (https://corona-renderer.com/blog/know-your-devs-ondra-karlik/)

Now, who shall we pick for next time.... :)