Guest Bio:

Lucas Kaldström is a Kubernetes upstream contributor, KubeCon keynote speaker and a CNCF ambassador.In 2015 he got inspired by Google to work on containers and started contributing to the open-source Kubernetes community.

He currently works with Weaveworks as a contractor, sharing his tech solutions and expertise. He received several offers to move to the Bay Area but he is aiming at studying more and keep growing in his native country of Finland.

Lucas is very passionate about diversity and inclusion, ethics, and sustainability and he’s currently learning more about how to implement those to the best degree possible.

He will share his in-depth knowledge of Kubernetes, as well as plenty of anecdotes about its past, present, and future.

Timestamps:

• 0:44Speakers introduction
• 1:34  Lucas' background story
• 3:10 Lucas' role
• 5:45 Who are the Kubernetes contributors?
• 9:56 What do the Kubernetes contributors do?
• 12:54 Special interest group
• 19:39 Working groups
• 22:43 The decision-making process
• 27:28 Lucas' past work
• 29:55  How Kubernetes works
• 33:06 Joining the Kubernetes community
• 35:19 Kubernetes core values
• 39:19 Future of Tech
• 56:37 Top 3 upcoming CNC projects
• 1:03:00 Sci-fi Tech
• 1:05:00 Diversity and Inclusion
• 1:13:00 Community shout-outs
• 1:15:00 Episode Wrap up

Connect with Lucas:

• https://github.com/luxas
• https://twitter.com/kubernetesonarm
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/luxas/

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Lucas' and Nikhita's community Keynote: Getting Started in the Kubernetes Community: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bho4miiByP0
• Goto 2019 - Why Open Source Firmware is Important - Jessie Frazelle: https://youtu.be/mUTx61t443A
• Open Compute Project: www.opencompute.org Oxide: https://oxide.computer/
• Rust Programming  Language: https://www.rust-lang.org/
• Complete rewrite of the storage system: https://github.com/weaveworks/libgitops/pull/46
• Flux - The GitOps Family of projects: https://fluxcd.io/
• Nykarleby innovation center in Finland: https://www.nykarlebyinnovationcenter.fi/ 

People mentioned in the episode:

• https://twitter.com/jessfraz
• https://twitter.com/jbeda
• https://twitter.com/monadic
• https://twitter.com/bgrant0607

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