Being an open-source newbie
summary
Work centers on RDO packaging of OpenStack RPMs plus packaging, devops, debugging and some coding; earlier work builds a honeypot with Snort, Nmap and Kali Linux and benchmarks Gluster and Ceph (Ceph ranks highest in those tests). Core claim: successful onboarding requires three pillars: onboarding, mentoring, documentation — mentor-led tasks and small hands-on exercises speed learning; give newcomers documentation fixes, use approachable chat (IRC vs Matrix) and encourage asking after a few hours of stuck work.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:40About me
- 1:07How did I meet opensource
- 3:17Why people enter opensource
- 4:54Start the work
- 5:11Onboarding
- 6:34Documentation
- 8:29Mentor
- 9:35Challenges
- 17:11Mentors
- 21:02General tips
- 24:07Questions
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