Building and Growing an Open Source Community for an Incubating Project
summary
A Kubernetes‑based workflow automation platform called Flight targets reproducible, replayable serverless orchestration and originates from Lyft (2016) and open sources in Dec 2019; it now has pip install flightkit, a one‑container docker sandbox + CLI for instant local runs, 25 repos and roughly 550 Slack members, 10+ organizations contributing, contributor strength up ~400% on LFX. Documentation overhaul and regular blogs drive traffic; priorities favor reliability over features, CI/test coverage and costly cross‑cloud integration remain core challenges before graduation.
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chapters (24)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:33Sandra
- 4:18What is Flight
- 6:02Where does Flight fit
- 6:51History of Flight
- 12:25The Time of Dawn
- 14:32The Open Source Community
- 21:24Social Media Journey
- 28:19Documentation
- 30:08Blogs
- 31:45Google Analytics
- 32:49Engagement
- 33:39Github Stars
- 34:46Slack
- 37:11Contributors
- 38:08LFX
- 39:28Contributor Confidence
- 43:34Positioning
- 46:29Future Plans
- 46:42Next Steps
- 48:04Upcoming Sessions
- 48:31Questions
- 49:15Onboarding Mentorship
- 51:20Learnings
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