From Chef to System Initiative (remastered) (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

The epic show with Adam Jacob has been remastered! Now with full-length video on YouTube. Adam goes solo with Adam Jacob for an epic pod into his journey to get to System Initiative. From SysAdmin at 8 years old, to discovering Linux and working for Mom-and-pop ISPs, to open source changing his life and starting Opscode and building Chef. Buckle up and enjoy.

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Show Notes:

• System Initiative
• Ximian
• Any Given Sunday speech
• I’ll Devour You! (I shall look forward to the fight)
• RIP Ezra Zygmuntowicz

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1. This week on The Changelog (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Depot (00:00:47)

https://depot.dev

3. Start the show! (00:03:03)

4. SysAdmin at 8?! (00:03:53)

5. From hobby to career (00:10:51)

6. Starting at mom-and-pop ISPs (00:19:13)

7. Linux by doing (00:28:14)

8. The ISP stack (00:32:24)

9. Sponsor: Auth0 (00:38:13)

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10. Open source started the fire (00:39:43)

11. From HJK to Opscode/Chef (00:46:38)

12. RIP Ezra Zygmuntowicz (00:53:35)

13. You must pay me (00:55:58)

14. Chef was 100% influenced by Puppet (00:59:38)

15. Opscode to Chef (01:03:40)

16. The Billion dollar pitch (01:05:38)

17. $2.5M to launch (01:06:38)

18. Chef-as-SaaS (CaS) was too early (01:09:39)

19. Sponsor: CodeRabbit (01:13:45)

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20. Docker killed the Chef star (01:16:25)

21. !! You have to decide what fuel to burn (01:23:05)

22. Good training (01:24:38)

23. Adam gets emotional (01:26:29)

24. If it wasn't for... (01:31:51)

25. "I shall look forward to the fight" (01:35:21)

26. What matters to you? (01:40:55)

27. Exit well (01:46:40)

28. Picture this in your mind (01:50:31)

29. Initiating System Initiative (01:54:53)

30. Timing is everything (01:58:34)

31. Looming Dockers out there? (02:00:47)

32. The rise of Platform Engineering (02:04:43)

33. Something's coming this Fall (02:12:01)

34. We're done. That was epic! (02:20:02)

35. Closing thoughts and stuff (02:20:51)