259: Continuous Iteration, Continuous Improvement – Always Evolving Over Time with Rin Oliver

01:42 - Rin’s Superpower: Writing, Public Speaking, and Being Neurodivergent + Awesome!

02:18 - GitHub Actions

• Concurrent Actions
• CICD (Continuous Improvement, Continuous Deployment)
• Security
  • Trivy
  • Building Secure Open Source Communities From the Ground Up
  • Camunda Community Hub
    • community-action-maven-release

07:47 - Improving Developer Experience

• Kubernetes Community Contributor Experience Special Interest Group
• Contributing Code
  • Kubernetes.dev

11:33 - Neurodivergence + Autistic Burnout

• A Vulnerable Tale About Burnout - Julia Simon
• CNCF Slack
• Articles From Rin
• John K. Sawers: Hacking Your Emotional API
• CPTSD
• EMDR

17:04 - Mentoring and Reviewing for Kubernetes

• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon

20:49 - Open Source Contribution

• Paying Maintainers
• Getting Hired Based on Contributions
• Getting Started with DevOps/DevSecOps Contributing
  • MiniKube
  • The Diana Initiative
  • Trivy
• Auditing

29:04 - Mentoring (Cont’d)

• Pod Mentoring
• Ruby Central Scholarship Program

32:46 - Evaluating Open Source Projects: Tips For Newbies

• Contributor Licence Agreements (CLAs)
• Codes of Conduct (CoCs)
• Evaluate the Community

Reflections:

John: Technical Mentorship vs Social Mentorship.

Mando: Providing a welcoming sense of community for people with non-traditional backgrounds.

Rin: Being intentional about helping others, but also helping others means helping yourself.

John 2: The distinction between technical and autistic burnout.

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