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How I ended up being left in charge of Chef
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Jon Cowie
Staff Operations Engineer
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2010, working at
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Close encounters of the #hugops kind
Joshua Timberman @jtimberman
(Gives awesome hugs)
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The Cheffening
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Too much Firefightening
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It’s a Chef system - I know this!
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“Hmm, this doesn’t work quite the way I want it to…”
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…so I started writing and open sourcing tools.
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Sometimes, I talk about the problems I’ve been
trying to solve…
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…and sometimes I get a bit carried away.
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And it’s all because of (and for) the Chef community.
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“The community is changing…builders are becoming consumers.”
(Thought leadership by @nathenharvey)
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Your perspective is more important than ever!
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And with Chef, you have the power.
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The Chef Community▪ All roles open to everybody
▪ “RFC” driven
▪ Weekly meetings to discuss RFCs
▪ Chef employees don’t get any more power than we do
▪ You can work on the overall project, or things you specifically care about
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Project Lead▪ Adam Jacob (usually)
▪ Resolves disputes
▪ Provides vision and roadmap
▪ Has universal veto power
▪ There can be only one
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Chef Components▪ Core, testing, OS-specific etc
▪ People who most care
▪ Maintainers have full agency
▪ Lt exists to resolve disputes
▪ Lt also has veto power (AFAIK never used thus far)
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Chef RFCs▪ “Request for Comment”
▪ Can be proposed by anybody
▪ RFC editors help guide you through the process
▪ Once approved, anyone can implement
▪ Proposal doesn’t mean *you* have to implement it
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So, what do I do?
▪ RFC Editor
▪ Redhat / CentOS Lieutenant
▪ Maintainer for Redhat and Core components
▪ These are the things I care most about
▪ I got involved to “safeguard” those things
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“I want to go on holiday for a month. Would you be project lead while I’m
away?”
- Adam Jacob, 2015
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“Hi Barry, I’m in charge of your product for a
month”
- me, ChefConf 2015
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That is how much Chef trust and empower us to make it
what we want it to be.
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And we need your help!
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