Handling Growth

I was recently looking back at the recordings that the Kubernetes project has done of its community meetings since early 2016 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL69nYSiGNLP1pkHsbPjzAewvMgGUpkCnJ). It’s an interesting exercise to see how a community grows and progresses over time; some things change, but some don’t. We spoke about open source being driven by “scratching one’s own itch,” and the way a community operates reflects exactly that. For Kubernetes, I look at the community meetings as driven by bringing together the large ecosystem for a few key purposes:

• Release, development, and special interest group (SIG) updates
• Demos of projects and work related to Kubernetes
• Shoutouts to specific community members who have made a noticeable impact

Such a simple structure – one that not only reflects the community as being development oriented but also highly appreciative of the work community members...