{"id":1408,"date":"2019-03-07T15:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T15:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2019-03-07T21:03:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T21:03:02","slug":"a-bright-2019-for-openfaas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/index.php\/2019\/03\/07\/a-bright-2019-for-openfaas\/","title":{"rendered":"A bright 2019 for OpenFaaS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s talk about the impact of working on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openfaas.com\/\">OpenFaaS<\/a> full-time for the past year and some important updates for 2019 including how you can help and get involved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1021386338208288771\/MKZ-RKmO_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"OpenFaaS 2017\/18 Sticker\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Looking back<\/h2>\n<p>Over 12 months ago <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.alexellis.io\/full-time-openfaas\/\">I joined VMware to work full-time on OpenFaaS<\/a> in the Open Source Program Office. While there I built out a team to complement the work of the community and to accelerate the development of both OpenFaaS (the main project) and to execute on my vision for <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/openfaas\/openfaas-cloud\">OpenFaaS Cloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the year I travelled to, and spoke at, around a dozen events and conferences around the world making many friends &amp; connections in the tech community.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the things I\u2019m most proud of over that time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of contributors across the openfaas GitHub org increased 3.5x from around 50 to over 180 and our <a href=\"https:\/\/kenfdev.o6s.io\/github-stats-page\">GitHub stars reached 16k<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We gained several dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.openfaas.com\/\">new end-user companies<\/a>, some of which gave us permission to list their logo on the website<\/li>\n<li>We have partnered with AWS Open Source, Weaveworks, Spotinst and DigitalOcean on technical content, tutorials and guides<\/li>\n<li>We won a second <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/openfaas\/faas\/blob\/master\/community.md\">Bossie Award from InfoWorld<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I spoke on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J8UYZ1GXNTQ\">the CUBE<\/a> about Open Source from a community perspective representing the project<\/li>\n<li>We got a <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/openfaas\/media\/tree\/master\/t-shirts\">brand new mission patch logo and t-shirt<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.openfaas.com\/\">dedicated documentation site<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openfaas.com\/blog\">blog for the OpenFaaS project<\/a> with end-user and guest posts live today<\/li>\n<li>We shipped several great features for <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/openfaas\/openfaas-cloud\">OpenFaaS Cloud<\/a> including GitLab integration, OAuth2, a personalized dashboard and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/openfaas-incubator\/ofc-bootstrap\">full automation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Within OpenFaaS itself we shipped authentication turned on by default, a template store, the secrets API, a helm chart repo, read-only filesystems and new templates for Java and PHP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Moving on<\/h2>\n<p>This has been an amazing year for the project and a key part of that has been due to my ability to focus as a full-time employee with a salary from VMware whilst keeping OpenFaaS independent. I am very thankful to have had the opportunity to grow and for those who championed my work and supported me during my time there. As of today I will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexellis.io\/goto\/linkedin\">moving on from VMware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Historically the project has had strong interest from customers and potential sponsors. The community is pushing the project forward rapidly too. That gives me great pride and means I have the opportunity to consider many ways to keep working on the project myself.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m excited about what the next year will bring for our project and community. Let\u2019s make 2019 an even brighter year for OpenFaaS.<\/p>\n<h2>Let&#8217;s talk?<\/h2>\n<p>If you are interested in a conversation about hiring me to support &amp; sponsor my <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/alexellis\/\">Open Source work<\/a> then email me at: <a href=\"alex@openfaas.com\">alex@openfaas.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are several ways you can support the project, even if you don\u2019t have the resources to hire me full-time. You can also donate as an individual or as a sponsor through Patreon, OpenCollective or a one-off via PayPal. Individual backers and sponsors enjoy different tiers of benefits as outlined at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openfaas.com\/donate\/\">https:\/\/www.openfaas.com\/donate\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Connect with me on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/alexellis\">GitHub<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexellisuk\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexellis\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re still figuring out where to place Serverless &amp; FaaS in your work, or whether it&#8217;s even relevant to your world catch up on all the latest with my video from GOTO Copenhagen and then get connected with the community using the links below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.openfaas.com\/community\">Join Slack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13670843\/\">Join the LinkedIn group<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openfaas.com\/blog\">latest OpenFaaS blog posts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.alexellis.io\/openfaas-bright-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s talk about the impact of working on OpenFaaS full-time for the past year and some important updates for 2019 including how you can help and get involved. Looking back Over 12 months ago I joined VMware to work full-time on OpenFaaS in the Open Source Program Office. While there I built out a team &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/index.php\/2019\/03\/07\/a-bright-2019-for-openfaas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A bright 2019 for OpenFaaS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-docker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}