In this episode, host Katherine Druckman chats with Nikhita Raghunath, a Staff Software Engineer at VMWare leading the Kubernetes engineering team. Nikhita shares her journey into open source contribution, her experiences with Kubernetes, and the importance of diversifying roles in open source communities beyond coding. She also discusses the challenges many face when contributing to open source, from time constraints to language barriers, and provides practical advice on navigating these hurdles.
The conversation takes an exciting turn as Nikhita expresses her enthusiasm about the intersection of AI and cloud native technology and their potential to benefit each other. She concludes the episode with valuable advice for new contributors, emphasizing the importance of personal research and initiative when approaching open source projects. This episode is a must-listen for those interested in open source contribution, Kubernetes, and the future of AI in cloud native technology.
Building Better Open Source Projects
Empowering Developers with AI Tools
The Kubernetes Effect: Abdel Sghiouar on Modernizing Infrastructure and Communities
Conversations on Community, Cloud Infrastructure, and Sustainability
Authorization with SpiceDB
User Experience and Open Source Software
Better Than the Sum of Our Parts
Optimization and Continuous Profiler: A Look at Granulate
Charting the CHAOSS: Insights into Open Source Health and Viability
It's All About Observability: Jaeger, OpenSearch, and OpenTelemetry
The Future of Security is Open
Teaching Kids the Cloud Native Way
Cloud Native Computing and Environmental Sustainability: A Discussion with Intel's Marlow Weston
Getting Involved: Making the First Move in Open Source
Real-Tme Streaming with Numaproj and Kubernetes
Exploring the Past and Future of Open Source at SCaLE
DevOps and Platform Engineering
GitHub, Open Source, and Developers Helping Developers
Bridging the Gap: Growing Our Community
Automation and Infrastructure as Code
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Insight Story: Tech Trends Unpacked
Zero-Shot
Fast Forward by Tomorrow Unlocked: Tech past, tech future
The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot
Lex Fridman Podcast