DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling

Contribute to Kubernetes

Listen Later

Bret and Matt are joined by Chad Crowell of KubeSkills to walk through how you can contribute to Kubernetes open source.

šŸ™Œ My next course is coming soon! I've opened the waitlist for those wanting to go deep in GitHub Actions for DevOps and AI automation in 2025. I'm so thrilled to announce this course. The waitlist allows you to quickly sign up for some content updates, discounts, and more as I finish building the course.
https://courses.bretfisher.com/waitlist šŸ¾

Chad started the kubeskills.com community and podcast to focus on learning Kubernetes by doing and in this episode, he's taking us through a detailed guide on how to get involved in the Kubernetes community.


Although Kubernetes and other CNCF projects may seem big and complex with tons of activity, Chad helps us understand how the maturity of the projects and the community make it a much more pleasant onboarding experience for first-time contributors. We go through a wide range of resources and steps to help your first issue or pull request go smoothly.


Live recording of this show from March 9, 2023 is on YouTube (Ep. #206).


ā˜…Topicsā˜…
Learning K8s by Open Source PDF slides
First Timers Only website
K8s Contributor Community Homepage
List of K8s SIGs
K8s Slack
Open Sauced website
K8s Contributors onboarding course
Kube Cuddle podcast with Joe Beda
Learning K8s Skills
Ā 


You can also support my free material by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!

Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.
Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.
Grab some merch at Bret's Loot Box
Homepage bretfisher.com


Creators & Guests
  • Bret Fisher - Host
  • Cristi Cotovan - Editor
  • Beth Fisher - Producer
  • Matt Williams - Host
  • Chad M. Crowell - Guest

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (04:22) - Chad's Book
  • (06:48) - Learning platforms
  • (07:14) - Another way to learn
  • (08:21) - SIGs
  • (09:24) - Community or Contributor Experience SIG
  • (11:43) - Volunteers
  • (13:04) - For those who want to start contributing
  • (15:27) - The different tags
  • (16:25) - Good first issues
  • (17:38) - Bret's first Docker fix
  • (18:27) - Who determines the first issues?
  • (20:14) - OpenSauced
  • (20:53) - Finding the next steps after learning
  • (21:36) - Dashboard to track contributions
  • (22:19) - A very friendly community
  • (24:07) - Who's paying for OpenSauced?
  • (24:43) - How to build your rep on the internet
  • (26:34) - Github Flow, Breaking it down
  • (29:01) - Eddie Hub
  • (29:47) - Assign yourself to the issue
  • (30:27) - Compile Kubernetes
  • (31:51) - Tracking the pull request lifecycle
  • (33:21) - Changing the k8s reference issue
  • (36:54) - Kubernetes Slack Channels
  • (37:36) - SIG mailing lists
  • (38:21) - Getting feedback before you do the work
  • (39:55) - How do you give up and issue?
  • (41:30) - Correlating issues with Slack
  • (42:05) - Start with an issue first
  • (43:01) - Random PRs don't go well
  • (44:37) - Onboarding course
  • (45:48) - Cheat sheet
  • (46:03) - What Chad has learned from contributing
  • (47:46) - Online resources
  • (50:25) - Certifications and exams
  • (52:23) - Matt's comment about a podcast
  • (54:25) - Wrap up
    • ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and ToolingBy Bret Fisher
    • 4.6
    • 4.6
    • 4.6
    • 4.6
    • 4.6

    4.6

    53 ratings

    More shows like DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling

    View all
    .NET Rocks! by Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell

    .NET Rocks!

    244 Listeners

    The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source by Changelog Media

    The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

    288 Listeners

    The Cloudcast by Massive Studios

    The Cloudcast

    156 Listeners

    LINUX Unplugged by Jupiter Broadcasting

    LINUX Unplugged

    267 Listeners

    Thoughtworks Technology Podcast by Thoughtworks

    Thoughtworks Technology Podcast

    42 Listeners

    Talk Python To Me by Michael Kennedy

    Talk Python To Me

    585 Listeners

    Software Engineering Daily by Software Engineering Daily

    Software Engineering Daily

    625 Listeners

    Soft Skills Engineering by Jamison Dance and Dave Smith

    Soft Skills Engineering

    284 Listeners

    AWS Podcast by Amazon Web Services

    AWS Podcast

    205 Listeners

    Late Night Linux by The Late Night Linux Family

    Late Night Linux

    164 Listeners

    Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats by Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

    Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

    983 Listeners

    Kubernetes Podcast from Google by Abdel Sghiouar, Kaslin Fields

    Kubernetes Podcast from Google

    182 Listeners

    The Stack Overflow Podcast by The Stack Overflow Podcast

    The Stack Overflow Podcast

    62 Listeners

    The Real Python Podcast by Real Python

    The Real Python Podcast

    140 Listeners

    Last Week in AI by Skynet Today

    Last Week in AI

    302 Listeners

    Agentic DevOps by Bret Fisher

    Agentic DevOps

    2 Listeners