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The Open at Intel podcast is about all things open source, from software to security to artificial intelligence to Linux and beyond. Each episode brings you fresh perspectives with sophisticated, leading-edge, free-ranging conversations from some of the best minds in the open source community.
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In this episode, David Aronchick, CEO and Co-founder of Expanso discusses his experiences and insights from working with Kubernetes since its early days at Google. David shares his journey from working on Kubernetes to co-founding Kubeflow and his latest project, Bacalhau, which focuses on combining compute and data management in distributed systems. Highlighting the challenges of data processing and privacy, particularly in edge computing and regulated environments, David emphasizes cost-saving benefits and the importance of local data processing. Throughout, privacy and regulatory concerns are underscored along with solutions for efficient and secure data handling.
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:23 Early Days of Kubernetes
01:05 Kubernetes Community and Evolution
02:23 AI, ML, and KubeFlow
03:40 Current Work and Data Challenges
08:20 Privacy and Security Concerns
14:21 Real-World Applications and Benefits
20:42 Conclusion
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David Aronchick, Founder and CEO at Expanso, formerly led open source machine learning strategy at Azure, managed Kubernetes product development at Google, and co-founded Kubeflow. Previous roles at Microsoft, Amazon, and Chef. |
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In this episode, we sit down with Victor Nagy of GitLab to discuss his role and GitLab's initiatives. Victor details the transition from using a custom solution to integrating Flux for smoother application deployment. Victor also talks about GitLab's commitment to the open source community, contributions to Flux, and becoming a potential maintainer. We also touch on what makes developer tools great, developer experience, and developments in AI and security, highlighting the rapid pace of innovation in these fields.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction
00:36 Key Open Source Projects: Flux and GitLab
01:17 Choosing Flux
03:42 Community Contributions and Future Plans
05:35 Deployment and Product Management
12:31 GitLab's Comprehensive Platform and Differentiators
18:38 Security and AI
19:43 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
In this episode, Marlow Warnicke, lead for the Slinky project, and Tim Wickberg, CTO of SchedMD, join us to discuss their work integrating HPC scheduler Slurm with Kubernetes. They provide background on Slurm's origins, its open source nature, and its evolution into Slinky to address Kubernetes's limitations in scheduling AI and HPC workloads. The discussion touches on the unique challenges in the MLOps space, the need for fine-grained resource control, and their collaborative efforts with various communities to enhance Kubernetes's efficiency. They also share the roadmap for Slinky and avenues for community collaboration and contribution.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Introductions
00:39 Overview of Slurm and Its Evolution
01:44 The Fusion of Slurm and Kubernetes: Slinky
04:14 Challenges in Kubernetes Scheduling
09:07 Unique Challenges in MLOps
12:58 Community Collaboration and Future Plans
16:41 Getting Involved and Final Thoughts
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Katherine Druckman sat down with Sarah Christoph, lead maintainer of Porter, and Karen Chu, community manager for Helm, to discuss the realities of maintaining open source projects. We discussed the challenges maintainers face, including burnout, community building, and the importance of human interactions in sustaining projects. The conversation highlights strategies for creating sustainable workflows, such as documentation and contributor ladders, and the essential role of positive feedback and community support in maintaining morale. The episode also underscores the protective and inclusive nature of the open source community, shining a light on mentorship and the personal growth it fosters.
00:00 Introduction
02:30 Challenges in Open Source Maintenance
03:43 Maintainer Burnout and Coping Strategies
08:10 Building Sustainable Open Source Projects
10:37 The Importance of Community and Mentorship
12:41 Recognizing and Crediting Contributors
14:14 The Human Connection in Open Source
21:22 Final Thoughts
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Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
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Megan Knight is the Director of Software Communities at Arm where she delightfully works with the upstream. She holds various positions on project boards including Yocto Project, UXL Foundation, Zephyr Project, and OpenSSF. Prior to Arm, she led the IoT and Automotive open source engagement portfolio at Amazon Web Services and served as the Amazon representative on critical dependency open source project boards. She got her start in open source working at The Linux Foundation with the Linux Kernel and Linux Plumbers communities.
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Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Join us as we sit down with Austin Parker, Director of Open Source at Honeycomb.io to discuss observability with OpenTelemetry, explaining its importance in cloud native software and discussing the OpenTelemetry project's growth and community contributions. He shares insights on the evolution and adoption of Open Telemetry, its impact on the software industry, and the collaborative nature of its development.
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Understanding OpenTelemetry
02:48 The Importance of Observability
05:01 Challenges and Innovations in Observability
09:36 The OpenTelemetry Community
12:12 Challenges with Vendor Lock-In
14:29 Encouraging New Contributions
18:07 Recognizing Community Contributions
20:24 Final Thoughts
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Austin Parker is Director of Open Source at honeycomb.io, an OpenTelemetry maintainer and governance member, author of several books, and all around great person.
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Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
In this episode, we caught up with Abdel Sghiouar, a Developer Advocate at Google and the co-host of The Kubernetes Podcast. Abdel shared the latest developments in Kubernetes and AI applications, highlighting the unique challenges of running machine learning models on Kubernetes, particularly focusing on scalability and the context window in large language models. We also discussed the importance of working groups in overcoming these challenges and emerging concerns in AI security.
00:00 Introduction and Welcome Back
00:20 Abdel's Role and Podcast
00:36 Kubernetes and Cloud Native Space
01:14 AI and MLOps Discussion
02:20 Challenges with Large Language Models
04:48 Kubernetes Working Groups
05:55 Security Concerns in MLOps
09:48 Exploring Solutions and Community Interaction
18:23 Conclusion
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Abdel Sghiouar is a Cloud Developer Advocate @Google Cloud. His focus areas are GKE/Kubernetes, Service Mesh and Serverless. Abdel started his career in datacenters and infrastructure in Morocco before moving to Google's largest EU datacenter in Belgium. Then in Sweden he joined Google Cloud Professional Services and spent 5 years working with Google Cloud customers on architecting and designing large scale distributed systems before turning to advocacy and community work. You can follow him at @boredabdel. |
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Consultant Emily Omier discusses her work with open source companies on product strategy and positioning. She explains the unique challenges and opportunities such companies face, particularly the tension between commercial offerings and open source projects. Emily highlights the importance of solid product strategy, shares her process from customer interviews to leadership workshops, and addresses common misconceptions and struggles companies encounter. Additionally, she touches upon the strategic reasons for open-sourcing software.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Background
00:16 Understanding Product Strategy in Open Source
01:58 Engaging with Companies at Different Stages
03:10 Workshop and Internal Knowledge Surfacing
04:16 Differentiating Open Source and Commercial Offerings
07:09 Common Struggles and Misunderstandings
10:35 Community Building and Its Importance
14:21 Open Sourcing Projects: Reasons and Benefits
17:28 Experience at All Things Open
18:07 Conclusion and Upcoming Events
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Emily Omier is a consultant who helps open source startups accelerate growth with killer positioning. She also hosts The Business of Open Source, a podcast about building open source companies and is the founder of Open Source Founders Summit, a business-focused conference for leadership of open source companies. |
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