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Catch up on these four digital occasions from 2020

Like practically everybody, 2020 was a bit tough on me, with many surprising modifications. That meant I missed each single occasion this 12 months, regardless that all of them have been digital. As issues settled down a bit over the vacations, I began wanting round to search out out what I missed.

In case you are in the identical place, I am going to stroll you thru the digital occasions that you need to have seen in 2020. The excellent news is, since they have been all digital, you possibly can nonetheless watch them.

Kubecon 2020: North America

I am going to begin with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) occasion of the 12 months, KubeCon. The all-about-Kubernetes convention in November included some superb new bulletins, comparable to:

  • A model new safety certification known as Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) is accessible.
  • The Kubernetes launch cycle will decelerate, so everybody can catch up.
  • GitOps is on the forefront, with new instruments and a brand new group to make it simpler.
  • Inclusion and group progress would be the focus transferring ahead.

Watch the videos from CNCF on YouTube.

All Things Open 2020: Raleigh

After Open Source 101 moved on-line in May, the All Things Open (ATO) crew labored onerous to maneuver October’s full ATO convention digital, streaming the occasion straight from Raleigh, N.C. Many folks (possibly particularly these of us who dwell domestically) have been unhappy that we could not meet our mates in individual, however the occasion was nonetheless nice. The digital nature really made it simpler to unfold myself additional to see every part.

Since every part is damaged into tracks, you possibly can go to courses primarily based in your curiosity. ATO provided extra than simply post-event movies; take a look at the choices on this checklist of hyperlinks:

DockerCon 2020

In June, DockerCon ran a set of tracks primarily based on containerization-related subjects. It is all the time onerous to observe all the tracks in individual, and the movies break down each to present you a wider vary of issues to look at. Here is a listing of cool issues to see:

Open Source Summit 2020

The Linux Foundation additionally held its Open Source Summit nearly in September. There have been 14 separate tracks over 4 days, which might have been overwhelming in individual. Once once more, I’m grateful for the web format that breaks out the tracks. Check out the playlist of the 2020 presentations.

Catch up

Check out these movies to atone for what the open supply group has been doing. I am nonetheless working by way of a bunch of those movies and displays to verify I do know what is going on on in these communities and what new issues are coming. The new bulletins and shared schooling are thrilling to see after such a loopy 12 months.

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