Contributing to Backstage: From Zero to Value
summary
One contributor becomes a Backstage kubernetes project area maintainer at VMware, moves from code to mostly planning and cross-team coordination, and launches a long-running effort to add a proxy endpoint to replace a narrow backend plugin. The work is nearly full-time, uses GitHub and Jira for tasks, follows the CNCF-style contributor ladder, and produces measurable wins: reduced resource use and improved stability across multiple internal teams while unlocking company sponsorship and a path to paid maintainership.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:30My career summary
- 1:48Contributing to Backstage
- 2:46Whats it like now
- 3:32Example
- 4:16Summary
- 4:53Outro
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