They grow up so fast: donating your open source project to a found
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First commit Feb 2020, open sourced under Apache license in Apr 2022 and donated to CNCF to ensure vendor‑neutral stewardship; project becomes a CNCF Sandbox project aiming for Incubation next year. Acceptance follows a rejected first attempt and community growth to 4,500 stars, making it the most‑starred PostgreSQL operator; engineers built a Kubernetes operator using immutable containers and operator pattern, helped upstream (volume group snapshot work), run Linux Foundation mentorship cohorts, and now juggle increased PR volume and AI‑generated patches while expanding contributors and adopters.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 1:04Project donation to CNCF
- 6:46Why CNCF and Linux Foundation
- 8:36Project timeline and origins
- 13:20Open sourcing Cloud Native PG
- 15:09First CNCF application rejection
- 17:39CNCF maturity levels explained
- 20:57Maintainers and contributor challenges
- 23:05Incubation goals and community calls
- 25:13Q&A session
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