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Getting Involved: Making the First Move in Open Source

Amber Graner shares her experiences in the open source community, beginning with her early days in open source, her experiences with Linux New Media, and her eventual role at Canonical. She emphasizes the importance of community, documentation, and the non-code contributions that are essential for project success. 

00:00 Introductions
00:44 The Evolution of Women in Open Source
05:14 Beyond Coding in Open Source
12:49 The Ongoing Journey Towards Inclusivity
16:15 Fostering a New Generation of Open Source Enthusiasts
21:02 The Power of Community and Mentorship in Open Source
26:30 Navigating Challenges and Leadership in Open Source
30:26 The Critical Role of Transparency and Trust
36:24 Contributing Beyond Code: Expanding the Definition of Technical

Guest:

Amber Graner’s personal open source journey started in 2009 when she started blogging about Ubuntu. Since then she’s written for Ubuntu User Magazine, co-authored The Official Ubuntu Book (6th & 7th edit.) and served as a technical reviewer for Jono Bacon’s Art of Community. She was the first Community Manager for Linaro (Linux on ARM) and went on to help architect and manage the Open Compute Project (OCP) Foundation Community where she later became the Operations Director from there she went to Corelight to become the Director of Community for the Zeek Project and later was the VP of Community and Marketing at Arrikto Inc. Currently, Amber is the Open Source Evangelist and Community manager at HPE, for the Ezmeral software products.  Amber actively mentors new leaders in open source on how to build their community or project of interest and encourages everyone around her to participate, support, and learn about Kubeflow and Open Source software and hardware. With a smile and a sense of humor, Amber reminds people that there is a place for everyone in an open source community – regardless of technical skill level (or lack thereof). She is constantly looking for people, places, and events within open source communities that help inspire others to communicate, collaborate and contribute to those communities.

 

Real-Tme Streaming with Numaproj and Kubernetes

We spoke with Vigith Maurice, a principal engineer at Intuit and the co-creator of Numaproj, during the booth crawl at KubeCon. Vigith introduces Numaproj, a streaming platform designed for real-time analytics, machine learning inference, and ease of use across various developer disciplines. Recently released as version 1.0, Numaproj aims to make streaming accessible to all, requiring no new learning for those familiar with Kubernetes. With a few external contributors and usage within Intuit, the project seeks to expand its adoption and get community feedback. 

00:00 Introduction
00:26 Overview of Numaproj
00:52 The Challenges and Solutions in Streaming
02:45 Community Contributions and Future Needs
03:38 Real-world Applications
06:27 Unexpected Uses
07:40 Closing Remarks and Future Expectations

Guest:

Vigith Maurice is a co-creator of Numaproj, and Principal Software Engineer for the Intuit Observability and Analytics team in Mountain View, California. One of Vigith's current day-to-day focus areas is on the various challenges in building scalable data and AIOps solutions for both batch and high throughput systems. He is pivotal in building the streaming platform to ease data engineering. Previously, he has been a key driver for Intuit's journey to Big Data-first. He also led various engineering initiatives at Yahoo!

Exploring the Past and Future of Open Source at SCaLE

We chatted with Ilan Rabinovich, a co-founder of the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE), about the significance of Kubernetes as an open source success story and the rise of containers and adoption of Kubernetes. Rabinovich provides insights into the Scale Conference, explaining its unique energy, blend of commercial and non-commercial content, and its welcoming atmosphere for newcomers and experts in open source. The decision process for adding new tracks, based on popular trends in the tech world and attendees' feedback, is also explained. The discussion concludes with Rabinovich recounting personal anecdotes on impactful moments of running the SCaLE Conference and details on its upcoming event in Pasadena, California, from March 14th through the 17th.

00:00 Introduction and KubeCon Experience
00:32 Kubernetes: The Open Source Success Story
01:48 Introducing Ilan Rabinovich and the SCaLE Conference
02:29 The Unique Personality of SCaLE
04:21 The Evolution of SCaLE and Its Impact
04:50 Deciding on New Tracks
07:46 The Impact of Scale on the Community

Resources:

 

Guest:

Ilan Rabinovich is a co-founder of the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) and a long-time Linux and open source advocate.  He previously led product and technical marketing at Datadog and now advises and consults with early-stage companies on their product and open source strategies.

DevOps and Platform Engineering

Ryan Wallner and Brad Maltz of Dell joined us to share their work furthering best practices in DevOps and Platform Engineering and advocating for open source development within Dell. We discuss the importance of adapting to technical and cultural changes within organizations, the evolving notion of what it means to be "full-stack," and the rise of Kubernetes and the evolving cloud-native landscape.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Backgrounds
00:32 The Role of DevRel in Open Source
01:40 Balancing Community and Product Management
02:00 The Importance of Advocacy and Education
08:35 The Developer Experience and the Role of Platform Engineering
11:31 The Challenges and Skills Needed in Platform Engineering
20:18 The Ubiquity of Kubernetes and the Complexity of the Cloud Native Landscape
23:33 Closing Thoughts and Reflections

 

Guests:

Ryan Wallner is a Lead Developer Advocate at Dell Technologies and host of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast. Ryan is a cloud native and Kubernetes enthusiast, husband, and dad of fearless daughter. Ryan enjoys adventure moto riding, hiking, mountain biking.

Brad Maltz is the Sr. Director of DevOps and Developer Relations Ecosystems at Dell Technologies, focusing on delivering DevOps technologies and a developer-oriented user experience with the Dell portfolio. He leads a team that is connecting Dell to the community to enable our customers on their journey to becoming mature DevOps organizations. Brad has been in the industry for over 20 years driving innovation and solutions across the strategic technology landscape. With experience across multiple verticals such as healthcare, finance, biotech, education, government and manufacturing, Brad has been able to help customers with a multitude of problems up and down the technology stack.

GitHub, Open Source, and Developers Helping Developers

Kedasha Kerr, a GitHub Developer Advocate, shares her non-traditional path into the world of coding, inspired by a FreeCodeCamp post on Instagram. Kadesha shares her insights on the importance of empathy in the tech sector as well as tips for beginners starting with GitHub. She emphasizes the potential of tools such as GitHub Actions in maximizing efficiency and encourages more women to get into coding. The conversation touches on the role of a developer advocate at GitHub and provides tips on optimizing one's GitHub profile as a working resume. Finally, Kadesha speaks about her excitement about engaging beginners in open source development.

00:00 Introduction and Personal Backgrounds
00:35 Journey into Coding and Developer Advocacy
02:01 The Importance of Coding and Non-Technical Backgrounds
02:53 Empathy and Impact in Tech
04:40 Advice for Aspiring Developers
07:49 Exploring GitHub Features and Tools
17:43 The Role of GitHub in Developer Identity
21:42 Excitement for Open Source and Final Thoughts

 

Resources:

There’s an Action for that! Exploring the Possibilities of GitHub Actions

Guest:

 

Kedasha Kerr is a Developer Advocate at GitHub where she enjoys sharing the lessons she’s learned from her time as an engineer and from her day job talking with other engineers at GitHub and in the wider developer community. Prior to her transition to the world of tech, she worked as a social worker in various government agencies. She finds joy in helping others learn about the tech industry and loves sharing her experience as a software developer. When she’s not building software, you can find her in the kitchen cooking up her favorite Jamaican dishes. You can find her on Instagram & Tiktok at @itsthatladydev

 

 

 

Bridging the Gap: Growing Our Community

We spoke with Lisa-Marie Namphy, a CNCF ambassador, who runs a large San Francisco Bay Area user group focusing on open source technologies like Kubernetes. Lisa shares her experience running meetups, her focus on delivering valuable content, and her perspective on inclusivity in the tech community. The conversation also explores how she balances corporate interests with community values and talks about the importance of consistency in meetups. Lisa is excited about the role of AI in open source and talks about the challenges related to data and security. Lastly, she gives her advice on measuring success in developer relations.

00:00 Introduction and Acknowledgements
00:00 The Busy Life at KubeCon
01:11 Introducing Lisa Marie Namphy
01:39 The Evolution of OpenStack Meetup
04:27 The Challenges and Opportunities of Tech Meetups
05:03 The Many Hats of Lisa-Marie Namphy
05:31 The Importance of Community in Open Source
07:08 The Role of Meetups in Community Building
13:56 The Balance Between Commercial Interests and Community Needs
25:07 The Importance of Measuring Success in DevRel

Guest:

Lisa-Marie Namphy is a developer advocate and community architect, and a CNCF Ambassador with 20+ years of experience primarily at Cloud Native, Analytics, and Enterprise Software companies and start-ups. Lisa organizes and runs the SF Bay Cloud Native Containers User Group (one of the world’s largest CNCF user groups), personally hosting meetups for the past 10 years. In her “day job” Lisa runs the Developer Relations program at Cockroach Labs. For 10 years prior Lisa led marketing, open source, and developer advocacy teams across Portworx, HPE and HP Software. Lisa is an advocate and frequent speaker for Diversity & Inclusion initiatives and open source technology, a writer, an avid sports fan, and loves wine and dogs.

 

Automation and Infrastructure as Code

Rosemary Wang of HashiCorp, author of Infrastructure as Code, Patterns and Practices, talks about her experience in the open source world, and her passion for infrastructure as code. She discusses automation and common pitfalls, as well as the need to explore 'break glass scenarios' in case automation goes wrong. 

00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:00 Open Source Conferences
00:52 Automation and Infrastructure as Code
01:19 Exploring the Concept of 'Break Glass' Scenarios
03:48 Common Pitfalls in Automation
06:31 The Importance of Auditing and Inspecting Automation
08:02 Advice for Early Career Engineers
18:16 Introduction to the Book 'Infrastructure as Code Patterns and Practices'

Guest:

As the author of “Infrastructure as Code, Patterns and Practices”, Rosemary Wang works to bridge the technical and cultural barriers between infrastructure, security, and application development. She has a fascination for solving intractable problems as a contributor, public speaker, writer, and advocate of open source infrastructure tools. When she is not drawing on whiteboards, Rosemary debugs stacks of various infrastructure systems on her laptop while watering her houseplants.

Tidying the Cloud with Cloud Custodian

Kapil Thangavelu, CTO and co-founder of Stacklet.io and the leading force behind an open source project called Cloud Custodian, talks about his journey in open source, beginning with his transition from Windows to dabbling in Linux, marking his shift toward open source development. He talks about the creation and development of Cloud Custodian while at Capital One, highlighting how the cloud management tool has grown to adopt multiple cloud providers like Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle, and Tencent Cloud. He gives credit to the tool's vast community of over 400 contributors, and thousands of users, and attributes its success to welcoming contributions, not only in the form of code but also in essential non-code contributions like documentation. He ends the conversation by addressing the future of open source, expressing concern over changes in licenses and tailoring open source projects to fit into a more commercial, rather than a community-based landscape.

00:00 Introduction
02:05 The Genesis of Cloud Custodian
05:48 Expanding Cloud Custodian to Multiple Platforms
06:21 The Versatility and Use Cases of Cloud Custodian
14:11 The Challenges and Future of Open Source
17:28 Closing Remarks and Reflections

 

Resources:

Cloud Custodian - State of the Mop

Guest:

Kapil Thangavelu is a Co-Founder and CTO at Stacklet, building products to help companies be well managed in the cloud. He started his career in open source working on Zope and Plone (CMS) communities as a consultant. Over the last decade he’s spent time building open source projects and accelerating cloud innovation at Canonical, Capital One, and Amazon.