Thorsten

Hi. I'm Thorsten and I do what most developers dread: I find their bugs. As a Quality Assurance Manager, it's been my job for almost 20 years to take software apart and see if it holds up.

Before that, I figured out at university that I'm more of a hands-on person than a theory person. Physics and aerospace engineering sound exciting — and they were — but I wanted to build things, not write papers about them. So I trained as an application developer and kept building on that over the years.

When ChatGPT launched in late 2022, it was pretty clear to me: adapt or get left behind. So I started trying out every AI tool I could get my hands on. Not just out of excitement — but also out of self-interest: if I don't understand what this technology can do, it'll make me obsolete eventually. Better to get ahead of it early than be caught off guard later.

Along the way, I noticed that many people around me are simply afraid of AI. Perhaps not entirely without reason — but often based on headlines rather than facts. At the same time, there are also people I know who want to use AI but have no idea where to even start.

That experience is why these two sites exist. KIneAngst for those who first want to understand what's actually worrying them. KIneAhnung for those who want to get started.

What qualifies me? The experience I've gathered in my industry over the years, combined with everything I've learned from experimenting with AI. That combination allowed me to build more in the last four months than in the ten years before — things that had been floating around in my head but never became real. Not because I'm particularly smart — but because AI takes care of work that used to take me weeks. And that's exactly the point: these tools aren't just for experts. If you're willing to engage with them, you can create things that simply weren't possible before. That's true for me — and for you too.