Alex Ellis created serverless framework OpenFaaS while working a day job. It’s used by some big companies, but he’s resisted the temptation to join one. Instead, he’s offering consulting and seeking sponsorships, building a business from the ground up. He explains the pros and cons of independence to Craig and Adam.

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News of the week

• Microsoft launches OpenServiceMesh
  • Including a bit from Linkerd
• Kong releases Kong Mesh
• Tanzu Application Service 2.10, formerly known as Pivotal Cloud Foundry
• KubeCarrier
  • Cube carrier
  • Episode 109, with Sebastian Scheele
• Nestybox releaases Sysbox (GitHub)
• Palo Alto Networks discloses and fixes fault in KataContainers
• JenkinsX plugin for Octant
• Backyards gets FIPS compliant
• StarlingX 4.0
• New AKS features
• etcd security audit
  • Episode 95, with Xiang Li
• New Code of Conduct Committee Members

Links from the interview

• Alex Ellis
• ADP Payroll
• Docker Captains program
• Lord Birt
  • Lord Ernie
• DockerCon 2016
  • Ben Firshman
  • funker
  • funker-dispatch by Alex Ellis
• FaaS
• OpenFaaS
• Moby’s Cool Hacks - closing keynote
• Joining VMware to work on OpenFaaS
  • VMware blog
  • VMware Dispatch
  • Acquisition of Heptio
  • VEBA
• Leaving VMware and Alex going out on his own
• OpenFaaS Ltd
  • Alex’s 2020 mission
  • The world’s first managed k3s service
  • First year accounts and end-of-year party
• Inlets
  • Inlets PRO
• k3sup
  • Brown sauce
• Arkade
• 5 years of Raspberry Pi and robots
• Insiders Subscription
  • Treasure Trove archive
• The Five Pressures of Leadership in OSS
• A bit of Istio before tea-time
• Cards Against Containers for Black Girls Code
• Alex Ellis on Twitter