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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.  

Barton George of Dell joins us to discuss his involvement with 'Project Sputnik', an initiative created about 11 years ago aimed at making Dell hardware more appealing to developers. The project involved making pre-installed Linux laptops available to consumers. Our conversation touched on the community's loyalty, support, and critiques, which have significantly influenced Dell's approach. Notably, Barton highlighted the crucial turning point in Dell's market strategy of veering towards high-end hardware while preserving the open source platform, enabling synergy between corporate dynamics and grassroots community efforts. 00:00 Introduction and Event Impressions 00:58 Barton George's Journey in Open Source 02:17 The Birth of Project Sputnik 07:33 The Role of Community 11:23 The Future of Linux Laptops 20:53 Conclusion and Final Thoughts   Guest: Barton George has been involved with Linux and open source for over 15 years. For the last 10+ years he has been at Dell Technologies where, beyond Linux and open source, he has focused on cloud native computing and devops. Currently Barton is a member of Dell’s developer relations team. In addition to his day job, Barton is the founder and lead of Project Sputnik, a line of Ubuntu-powered developer laptops and workstations. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Barton is a single father of three teenagers. He and his children happily reside just outside Austin, Texas.

Whitney Lee and Victor Farcic discuss their unique approach to educating others about the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's (CNCF) landscape through their interactive presentations and YouTube project 'You Choose.' The pair explain how they incorporate live audience voting to determine the 'chosen' technologies implemented in their ongoing demos. Their fun approach helps newcomers in the field make informed decisions on the tools to use, and to understand how these various tools can integrate with each other. They talk about their previous talks and excitement for possible future events where they'll continue their interactive sessions.   00:00 Introduction and Meeting the Guests 00:33 Discussing the Concept of Rejekts Conference 01:45 The Popularity and Impact of Rejekts< 02:46 The Experience of Attending KubeCon 03:59 Getting to Know the Guests Outside of KubeCon 06:38 The Idea Behind a 'Choose Your Own Adventure' 09:36 The Origin and Format of the 'You Choose' Streaming Show 13:59 The Excitement of Live Voting 15:50 The Thrill of Live Demos 17:32 The Future: Security Talk 20:13 The Overwhelming Cloud Native Landscape 21:29 The Upcoming YouTube Series 23:12 The Aftermath of KubeCon   Resources: Cloud Native Rejekts You Choose series Guests: Whitney Lee is a lovable goofball who enjoys understanding and using tools in the cloud native landscape. Creative and driven, Whitney recently pivoted from an art-related career to one in tech. She is active in the open source community, especially around CNCF projects focused on developer productivity. You can catch her lightboard streaming show ⚡️ Enlightning on Tanzu.TV. And not only does she rock at tech - she literally has toured playing in the band Mutual Benefit on keyboards and vocals. Viktor Farcic is lead rapscallion at Upbound, a member of the Google Developer Experts, CDF Ambassadors, and GitHub Stars groups, and a published author. He is a host of the YouTube channel DevOps Toolkit and a co-host of DevOps Paradox.

Lin Sun, Director of Open Source at Solo.io, is an influential figure in the cloud-native world. We spoke at All Things Open and she shared insights into her experiences and contributions in the open source community. Discussing her prominent role in the Istio project, she shares how Istio fits into the landscape of cloud-native service mesh, offering connectivity, security, and observability. She also highlights the launch of Istio Ambient Service Mesh, which reduces the complexity of Sidecar. Venturing into the world of AI, Lin envisions a future where AI assists in coding and improves software security while predicting a transition to a more conversational interaction with technology. She emphasizes the importance of human supervision in AI's development and its usefulness in making developers more efficient. 00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome 00:29 Discussing Open Source Contributions and Community 01:53 Deep Dive into Istio and Service Mesh 02:49 Roles and Responsibilities in the Istio Community 04:24 Journey into Open Source Contributions 06:52 Advice for New Open Source Contributors 09:36 Exciting Updates in Istio 14:14 Exploring the Potential of AI in Open Source 19:33 Closing Remarks and Future Expectations Resources: Istio Ambient Service Mesh Made Easy Guest: Lin Sun is the Director of Open Source at Solo.io and an ex-CNCF ambassador. She has worked on Istio service mesh since 2017 and serves on the Istio Technical Oversight Committee. Previously, she was a Senior Technical Staff Member and Master Inventor at IBM for 15+ years. She is the author of the book “Istio Ambient Explained” and has more than 200 patents to her name.

Phil Estes, a principal engineer at AWS and a key contributor to the containerd project, discusses the evolution and roadmap of containerd, its relationship to Docker, and its journey to being a fully open source project under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).  00:00 Introduction and Guest Background 00:41 The Evolution of Container Runtimes 02:48 The Impact of Docker and Kubernetes 06:07 The Birth and Growth of containerd 09:13 The Role of the CNCF in Open Source Projects 11:09 Challenges and Opportunities in Open Source Contribution 18:49 The Importance of Mentorship in Open Source 23:47 Conclusion and Final Thoughts   Guest: Phil Estes is a Principal Engineer for Amazon Web Services (AWS), focused on core container technologies that power AWS container offerings like Fargate, EKS, and ECS. Phil is an active contributor and maintainer for the CNCF containerd runtime project, and participates in the Open Container Initiative (OCI) as the member of the Technical Oversight Board (TOB). He is also a current member of the 2023 CNCF Ambassador class and enjoys speaking on container technology topics and events worldwide.

Fen Aldrich, a Developer Advocate with Equinix, talks about their open source partner program and giving back to the open source community. Fen highlights collaborative relationships they've established with key projects, serving as a testing ground and leveraging their surplus of hardware and network resources. We discussed that appreciating the human aspect of tech is crucial, as all technical systems ultimately depend on human innovation and interaction. We also nerd out a bit about the basics of networking and the technology underneath the magic we all take for granted. 00:00 Introduction 02:57 Deep Dive into Networking Basics 09:33 Exploring the Importance of Corporate Open Source Contributions 19:54 Understanding the Interconnectedness in Open Source Guest: Fen Aldrich is a Developer Advocate at Equinix Metal and an organizer for DevOpsDays events in the northeast US. Passionate about Resilience Engineering and Mental Health in the tech industry, they believe that every technology problem is ultimately, when you get right down to it, a people challenge. Find their work at speaking.crayzeigh.com, and connect on twitter @crayzeigh or mastodon @crayzeigh@hachyderm.io

Emily Fox joins us to discuss her role as Security Lead in Emerging Technologies at Red Hat and her involvement in the open source community as Chair of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's Technical Oversight Committee. She discusses her team's research focusing on refining Sigstore and working on remote attestation and her career journey from working as a Creative Director in an entertainment company to becoming a Developer Security Lead for the National Security Agency. The conversation further touches on the need for better diversity, accessibility, and the imperative of a supportive community within the open source ecosystem. Lastly, she shares her perspectives on developer experience, its challenges, and the need for empathy and kindness as we navigate post-pandemic life.   00:00 Introduction and Guest Background 00:24 Role and Responsibilities at Red Hat 01:46 Involvement in Open Source and Cloud Native Computing Foundation 03:07 Journey from Creative Director to Tech Ecosystem 06:09 Challenges in Open Source Project Security 08:03 Improving Security Practices in Software Development 09:22 Expanding Security Expertise in Developers 11:23 Security in AI and Machine Learning 15:24 Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in Tech 18:40 Improving Developer Experience in Open Source 21:00 Closing Thoughts and Parting Words Guest: Emily Fox is a DevOps enthusiast, security unicorn, and advocate for Women in Technology. She promotes the cross-pollination of development and security practices. She has worked in security for over 13 years to drive a cultural change where security is unobstructive, natural, and accessible to everyone. Her technical interests include containerization, least privilege, automation, and promoting women in technology. She holds a BS in Information Systems and an MS in cybersecurity. Serving as chair on the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s (CNCF) Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) and co-chair for KubeCon+CloudNativeCon China 2021, Europe 2022, North America 2022, Europe 2023, and CloudNativeSecurityCon 2023, she is involved in a variety of open source communities and activities.

Ricardo Sueiras, an Open Source advocate at AWS, sheds light on his 20-year journey with OSS. He speaks about some challenges he faced in integrating open source software into a conservative company and developing an understanding and advocacy team for open source technology there. Sueiras talks about his interest in teaching and sharing about open source, his experience with DJing and Apache Airflow, a workflow orchestrator. Referencing AWS project Cedar, an open source domain-specific language for authorization, Sueiras explains its use, function, and process of development. He also discusses the versatility enabled by open source, allowing users to tweak things as needed.    00:00 Introduction and Meeting 00:32 Journey into Open Source 02:21 Overcoming Resistance to Open Source 02:50 Educating Legal and Procurement Teams about Open Source 03:16 Building an Advocacy Team for Open Source 05:43 The Story of DJ Tasty Taste 10:16 Exploring Cedar: An Open Source Project 16:33 Apache Airflow: A Workflow Orchestrator 20:32 Conclusion and Future Plans Resources: AWS open source newsletter Airflow container orchestration demo (GitHub) Guest: Ricardo Sueiras Over 30 years spent working in the technology industry, and over 20 years working with open source. I help customers solve business problems with open source technologies and cloud. Currently I am a Developer Advocate at AWS focusing on open source.

In this KubeCon interview, Keith Mattix, engineering lead at Microsoft, talks about his experience and involvement in the open source community and the Istio project. He discusses his work in upstream service mesh and related technologies in the Kubernetes networking space. The conversation delves deeply into the evolution of open source offerings, highlighting the development and application of the Gateway API and the GAMMA Initiative. Maddox shares his vision for the future of these projects and talks about the value that developments in the open source ecosystem bring to end users.   00:00 Introduction and Guest Background 01:26 Role and Involvement in Open Source 01:55 Understanding Service Mesh 05:18 Istio's Journey in CNCF 07:19 Benefits of Open Source Collaboration 09:58 Gateway API Version 1.0 and Its Importance 13:55 Collaboration with the Gateway API Community 14:23 Future Goals for Gateway API 14:49 The Need for Standardization in Mesh Implementations 16:07 The Importance of User Adoption 16:43 Excitement for Open Source 18:09 The Impact of Infrastructure Improvements 20:10 The Importance of Kubernetes 21:51 Closing Remarks and Future Aspirations Guest:    Keith Mattix is a Senior Engineer on the Open Service Mesh team at Microsoft Azure. As a maintainer of the Service Mesh Interface CNCF project, Keith is a founding lead of the GAMMA initiative under Kubernetes SIG Network. Keith has written a lot of code that’s led to some interesting side quests, and he’s passionate about sharing those lessons and experiences with others. His love of distributed systems is eventually consistent.

In this interview, Fiona Whittington, a representative from Major League Hacking (MLH), discusses the organization's mission to empower the next generation of developers. With a community of over 150,000 developers each year, MLH is influencing the future of technology by helping their members gain hands-on experience with open source development. Fiona shares that while interest in open source is at an all-time high, many students face the barrier of getting started. The conversation concludes with Fiona’s advice for community leaders to show value and encourage contributions from people at any skill level.  00:00 Introduction and Guest Presentation 00:28 Understanding Major League Hacking (MLH) 02:00 Barriers to Open Source Contribution 03:41 Addressing Imposter Syndrome in Tech 05:08 The Importance of Non-Code Contributions 07:57 The Evolution of Open Source 11:49 The Future of Open Source 12:16 Advice for Newcomers to Open Source 13:42 Personal Journey into Open Source 17:37 The Gap Between Classroom and Industry 18:08 Hacktoberfest 19:18 Conclusion Guest: Fiona Whittington is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at Major League Hacking (MLH), where she supports 150,000 aspiring technologists each year. In college, she founded the award-winning nonprofit TechTogether (acquired 2022) credited in part for increasing the representation of women in collegiate hackathons globally by 18%. Her work for TechTogether has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Boston Globe. Fiona previously worked in marketing at Red Hat and Armored Things (now Lambent).