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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
Guest: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. -
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
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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
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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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In this episode, we hear from Megan Knight, Director of Software Communities at Arm. Megan shares her experiences with open source projects, particularly focusing on the Yocto project which helps build custom Linux distributions. She discusses the challenges of community management, maintaining contributor motivation, and the impact of policy changes on open source projects. The discussion also touches on the importance of corporate support in sustaining open source contributions.
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:52 The Yocto Project: Building Custom Linux Distributions
01:33 Managing Open Source Communities
04:20 Motivations and Challenges in Open Source Contributions
05:18 Conflict Resolution in Open Source Projects
06:59 Unexpected Use Cases in Open Source
10:03 Sustainability and Training in Open Source
18:07 The Future of Open Source in Automotive
19:18 Conclusion
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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. -
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
Guest: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. -
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
Guest: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. -
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
Guest: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. -
In this episode, we sit down with Luke Hinds, CTO of Stacklok and creator of Sigstore, to learn from his extensive background in open source security. Luke shares insights into his journey and passion for security, highlighting the thrill of the 'cat and mouse' dynamics. He discusses Stacklok’s project, Minder, a software supply chain platform designed to streamline security while boosting developer productivity. Luke also touches on Trusty, another Stacklok initiative aimed at assessing the security risks of open source packages using data science. The conversation expands to the impact of AI on code contributions and developer identity, reflecting on the evolving dynamics in software development and security. Finally, Luke shares thoughts on the ongoing challenges and opportunities in bridging the gap between operations and engineering to maintain robust security in fast-paced development environments.
00:00 Introduction
02:29 Personal Reflections on Security
04:14 Introduction to Stacklok and Minder
05:02 Minder's Features and Capabilities
07:38 Target Audience and Use Cases for Minder
10:41 Balancing Security and Developer Productivity
13:00 The Importance of Seamless Security
13:52 Introduction to Trusty: Understanding Open Source Security Risks
14:45 Analyzing Malicious Packages and Developer Contributions
18:06 The Role of Developer Identity in Open Source Projects
19:20 AI's Impact on Code Development and Security
20:10 Challenges and Future Directions in Developer Identity
23:31 Concluding Thoughts and Future Conversations
Guest:Luke Hinds is the CTO of Stacklok. He is the creator of the open source project sigstore, which makes it easier for developers to sign and verify software artifacts. Prior to Stacklok, Luke was a distinguished engineer at Red Hat.
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Deb Bryant discusses her career journey and the significant role of open source software in public policy, particularly in the US and Europe. She highlights her work with the Open Source Initiative, Oregon State University, and Red Hat, emphasizing the importance of open source in government operations and cybersecurity. Deb also addresses the challenges and evolution of open source policies, the critical need for sustainability in open source projects, and her current focus on AI's impact on the ecosystem. She concludes by advocating for harmonized international regulations and human-centered AI approaches.
00:00 Introduction
00:44 Government and Open Source Software
01:38 Experiences in the Private Sector
02:14 Open Source in Public Policy
04:31 Cybersecurity and Open Source
07:42 Sustainability in Open Source
15:05 Future of Open Source and AI
18:53 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Guest:Deb Bryant, Director, US Policy and Founder, Open Policy Alliance Open Source Initiative
Throughout her career, Deborah has lent her voice to supporting open source projects and developers, building bridges between academia, industry, non-profits, and government along the way. Today she provides guidance to open source foundations seeking to support public policy development in open technology domains. She has worked in emerging technology and has been an advocate of free and open source software and the community that makes it so since the 1990s.
Deborah is board director emeritus at the Open Source Initiative (OSI); serves on the DemocracyLab board; serves on the advisory boards of Open Source Elections Technology Foundation and the OASIS Open Project, and as an advisor to the Brandeis University Open Technology Management program. She also represents OSI as a member of the Digital Public Goods Alliance. For eight years prior to her reentry into the nonprofit world, she led one of the world’s largest open source program offices (OSPO) at Red Hat where her global team was responsible for the company’s strategy and stewardship in open source software communities. While at Red Hat she served on the Eclipse Foundation board for two years.
Deborah’s published academic research includes the Use of Open Source in Cybersecurity in the Energy Industry and Collaborative Models for Creating Software in the Public Sector.
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In this episode, Andreea Munteanu of Canonical discusses Data Science Stack, an out-of-the-box machine learning environment solution. Emphasizing the industry's shift to Kubernetes and cloud native applications, she outlines her vision for accessible and secure open source AI. The conversation also covers the importance of community contribution, challenges faced by data scientists, and the future of AI being open source.
00:00 Introduction
01:50 Data Science Stack Introduction
03:31 Community and Collaboration
06:30 Getting Started with Generative AI
08:56 Andreea's Journey into Data Science
10:59 The Future of AI and Open Source
14:57 Encouraging Open Source Contributions
17:28 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Guest:Andreea Munteanu helps organizations drive scalable transformation projects with open source AI. She leads AI at Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu. With a background in data science across industries like retail and telecommunications, she helps enterprises make data-driven decisions with AI. -
In this episode, Andrew Brown, founder of Exam Pro, joins the podcast to discuss his background in educational technology and his current endeavors in teaching tech certifications and coding boot camps. Andrew shares his excitement about generative AI and how developers can stay updated with rapidly evolving innovations like Deepseek and the Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA), the importance of understanding foundational concepts, and the role of open models in democratizing AI technology. The conversation also covers the relevance of deploying custom models, integrating reliable educational strategies, and ensuring developers have the knowledge to use AI applications effectively. Andrew shares insights on his courses and offers practical advice for developers keen on diving into generative AI. 00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome00:19 Andrew Brown's Background and Current Work01:10 Exciting Trends in Tech Education02:20 Deep Dive into Generative AI05:23 DeepSeek and AI Model Costs07:44 Challenges and Opportunities in AI Development09:22 Open Source AI and Developer Training11:00 Practical Advice for Aspiring Developers13:00 Challenges and Opportunities in AI Development18:34 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Resources:FREE GenAI Boot CampExam Pro Resources on GitHubAndrew on GitHubGuest:Andrew Brown is the founder of Exam Pro where he creates training materials for developers. He also creates free cloud certification courses for freeCodeCamp.
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In this episode, Henrik Blixt, a product manager at Intuit and Argo maintainer, shares his experiences and insights into managing platform engineering teams that handle Kubernetes, service mesh, API gateways, and more. He emphasizes the importance of product management within platform engineering and discusses his involvement with the CNCF's end user technical advisory board. Henrik also highlights the significance of open source in his professional journey and details the ongoing initiatives and advancements within the Argo project. 00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome00:53 Discussion on Argo and Developer Tools01:41 Open Source Community Involvement02:06 CNCF End User Technical Advisory Board03:11 Reference Architectures and Initiatives08:18 Challenges and Solutions for End Users13:20 Argo Project Insights16:03 The Importance of Product Management17:16 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Guest:
Henrik Blixt leads a Product Management team responsible for the Intuit core platform, where he defines the strategy and direction that has shaped Intuit’s cloud native platform based on CNCF projects like Kubernetes, Envoy, Istio, Prometheus, Argo (and many more!) that’s used by 7000 developers and serving over 100M users.
Being a passionate member of the open source community for almost 30 years, from Linux through OpenStack and Kubernetes, Henrik is currently focused on the Argo project as a core maintainer. He also represents Intuit across other committees, like the CNOE project and the broader Linux Foundation, where he shares experiences and best practices from Intuit’s use of open source, making sure end users are heard and their pain points understood.
He loves engaging with the community and has been a prolific speaker and event program committee member across ArgoCon, GitOpsCon, Kubecon over the years. A native of Sweden, earning his B.Sc in information systems from the University of Gothenburg, he now resides in California with his family.
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Joshua Alphonse discusses the potential of small language models, highlighting their efficiency and applicability in various domains such as financial compliance and multimedia processing. The conversation also touches upon the intersection of creativity and technology, AI's role in the future of multimedia, and the significance of open source models. Joshua emphasizes the importance of eliminating biases in AI and the exciting advancements in agentic AI and spatial AI, projecting how these innovations might shape the tech landscape in the coming years.
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:09 Joshua's Background and Experience
00:34 Current Projects and Innovations
03:04 The Importance of Small Language Models
06:14 Open Source and AI Ethics
10:13 Future of AI and Exciting Developments
12:20 Challenges and Controversies in AI
17:47 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Guest:Joshua Alphonse is Head of Product at PremAI. Joshua has spent his time empowering developers to create innovative solutions using cutting-edge open-source technologies. Previously, Joshua worked at Wix, leading Product and R&D engagements for their Developer Relations Team, and at Bytedance he successfully created content, tutorials, and curated events for the developer community. -
In this episode, we celebrate Free and Open Source Software Month this February by chatting with some of Intel’s own open source software and community enthusiasts, Arun Gupta and Shirley Bailes, about open source, its business value, and how to unlock innovation through openness. Arun discusses his book, 'Fostering Open Source Culture,' detailing his journey from past experiences at major tech companies to the process and inspiration behind writing the book. The conversation covers the importance of fostering an open source culture, including the roles of various companies and foundations. Shirley shares her first-time author experience, emphasizing the role of foundations in maintaining a sustainable open source ecosystem. The discussion touches on the benefits of corporate engagement in open source, the challenges of proving ROI, and the critical need for a new generation of contributors. Arun and Shirley highlight real-world case studies and provide practical advice for companies looking to embrace and invest in open source culture.
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Arun Gupta’s Journey in Open Source
03:23 Shirley Bailes on First-time Authorship
04:42 The Role of Foundations in Open Source
07:17 Leadership in Open Source Foundations
11:27 The Business Case for Open Source
15:40 The Importance of Community and Collaboration
25:18 Conclusion and Book Information
Resources:Episode Transcript
Guests:Shirley Bailes has been involved in developer communities and building open source programs for over 15 years. She is the Director of Software Ecosystem Strategy in Intel’s Office of the CTO, where she leads thought leadership and strategic initiatives to accelerate startup innovation and developer ecosystem growth. She previously led open source programs at AWS and served as Co-President of the Women at Amazon Global Board. Arun Gupta is Vice President and General Manager of Developer Programs at Intel Corporation. He is an open source strategist, advocate, and practitioner for over two decades. He has taken companies such as Apple, Amazon, and Sun Microsystems through systemic changes to embrace open source principles. He is the elected chair of the CNCF GB and elected Chair of the OpenSSF GB. He has delivered technical talks in 45+ countries and authored multiple books. He is a fitness and kindness enthusiast. -
In this episode, we speak with Udi Hofesh and Itiel Schwartz from Komodor about their roles and the mission of their company. Komodor aims to simplify Kubernetes at scale by providing tools for managing, troubleshooting, and optimizing Kubernetes clusters. They discuss the unique features of Komodor, including their approach to using AI to address Kubernetes issues and their involvement in open source projects like Helm Dashboard. The conversation also touches upon the new native integration for managing Kubernetes add-ons and the future direction of the company.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction
00:27 What is Komodor?
00:59 Challenges in Kubernetes
01:32 Komodor's Unique Solutions
02:27 Target Audience and Developer Relations
06:56 Open Source Contributions
14:09 AI Integration in Komodor
18:47 New Features and Future Plans
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In this episode, Sarah Gran and Brandon Pitman from the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) dive into their projects, Divvi Up and Let's Encrypt. They discuss the creation and impact of Divvi Up, a privacy-preserving metrics aggregation service, and its role in protecting individual data while providing valuable insights to organizations. They share the journey from collaborating with Google and Apple on COVID-19 exposure notifications to enhancing privacy for Firefox users. The conversation also explores the importance of TLS certificates provided by Let's Encrypt and the challenges and advancements in the realm of online privacy.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Introductions
01:22 Overview of DivviUp
02:29 Privacy Concerns and Data Security
06:18 Real-World Applications and Examples
11:28 Technical Details and Protocols
19:53 Open Source and Community Involvement
20:39 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Guests:Sarah Gran is the Vice President of the Brand and Donor Development team at Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), the nonprofit entity behind Let's Encrypt, the world's largest certificate authority. Sarah joined ISRG in early 2016, shortly after the Let’s Encrypt launch and has helped it become a household name in software development. Sarah has also helped to shape ISRG’s latest projects, one focused on bringing memory-safe code to security-sensitive software, called Prossimo, and a privacy-respecting metrics service, called Divvi Up.Sarah is an independent member of the Tor Project’s Board of Directors. Previously, Sarah worked as a Vice President at Edelman SF and Deutsch NY in brand and communications strategy groups.Brandon Pitman is the Senior Software Engineer for Divvi Up and has a Master’s in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. Prior to ISRG, they worked at Google on a variety of Security, Privacy, and Green Energy projects. Bran came to ISRG to be a part of improving the privacy stance of the Internet as a whole. -
In this episode, Katherine Druckman speaks to Alex Scammon, who leads the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at G Research. Alex discusses the company's significant contributions to open source projects and their unique operating model. He covers the success of Armada, a CNCF sandbox project for multi-cluster batch scheduling, and the considerable efforts of G Research’s OSPO, which includes 30 engineers dedicated to direct open source contributions. Alex also shares insights on the benefits of supporting open source projects, the complexities of project prioritization, and the collaborative efforts in the open source community. The episode emphasizes the importance of sustainable open source involvement and offers a glimpse into G Research's mission to use AI and ML tools to drive financial market predictions.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome00:08 Overview of Alex's Role and OSPO03:27 Importance of Open Source Contributions04:37 Prioritizing Projects and G Research07:27 Challenges and Collaboration12:43 Personal Journey in Open Source18:09 Encouraging Open Source Contributions
Guest:Alex Scammon: Currently, I'm leading a large and intrepid band of open-source engineers engaged in a number of philanthropic upstream contributions on behalf of G-Research. All of our work centers around open-source data science and machine learning tools and the MLOps and HPC infrastructure to support those tools at scale. We're almost certainly hiring.... As part of this work, I'm also leading a discussion around batch scheduling on Kubernetes as the chair of the CNCF's Batch Working Group. Please reach out if this is an area of interest for you -- we'd love to have more voices at the table! -
In this episode, Mark Abrams discusses his role at SUSE as a domain solution architect specializing in edge computing. He shares insights on leveraging Kubernetes for edge solutions, the evolution of the open source community, and the importance of contributing to open source projects. They also touch upon the complexities and opportunities in cloud native technologies, the impact of AI, and future developments in edge computing and the open source ecosystem.
00:00 Introduction and Setting the Scene 00:50 Mark's Role and Interests at KubeCon 02:08 Discussing the New Book: Cloud Native Edge Essentials 03:43 The Evolution of Kubernetes and Cloud Native 05:58 Challenges and Solutions in Edge Computing 08:01 Open Source Community and Contributions 14:42 Future of Edge and AI Integration 20:20 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Guest:Mark Abrams has been involved in developing and delivering technology solutions for over 25 years. Mark has broad experience ranging from writing code for backend services, embedded systems, and user interfaces to managing and building technical teams and field activities around pre-sales engineering. Mark founded and led a technology enterprise using distributed methodologies before the modern day cloud existed. Mark was a part of the original team that brought k3s - the lightweight kubernetes - to market. Mark is currently a proud member of the Domain Solutions Architect's team at SUSE. -
In this episode, Katherine speaks with Nick Vidal, Community Manager at the Open Source Initiative (OSI), about his role and the organization's work in defining open source AI. Nick shares insights into the challenges and discussions surrounding AI, software licenses, and the necessity for clear definitions and community consensus. He also elaborates on the Clearly Defined project aimed at securing the software supply chain and the importance of community feedback in evolving the OSI's stance on open source AI.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction00:37 Nick Vidal's Role at OSI01:04 Community Involvement and Challenges03:43 Defining Open Source AI06:21 Handling Feedback and Criticism13:14 Overview of Open Source AI Definition16:16 Future Plans and Community Involvement18:09 Closing Remarks and Invitation to Join
Resources:The Open Source AI Definition
Guest:Nick Vidal is Community Manager at the Open Source Initiative and former Outreach Chair at the Confidential Computing Consortium from the Linux Foundation. Previously, he was the Director of Community and Business Development at the Open Source Initiative and Director of Americas at the Open Invention Network. - Vis mere
