[arch-devops] Junior DevOps application - Kristian Klausen

[Levente Polyak]

On 3/28/21 4:30 AM, Sven-Hendrik Haase via arch-devops wrote:
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> On 13.03.21 00:56, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote:
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>> On 12.03.21 23:40, Kristian Klausen via arch-devops wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> My name is Kristian Klausen (known as klausenbusk on most platforms).
>>> I'm currently taking a break from studying and is currently working
>>> part-time as a Linux sysadmin/developer and enjoying life.
>>>
>>> I have been running Arch Linux since late 2012 and ran Ubuntu and
>>> Debian before that. Since then I have been contributing to different
>>> open-source projects[1][2], often as drive-by patches, and I maintain
>>> my own little open-source project flathub-stats[3].
>>>
>>> At work I have been installing and maintaining the Debian
>>> infrastructure and digital signage solution (also Debian) since ~2015, 
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>>> as part of that I also backported a few Debian packages in
>>> ~2016[4][5]. We also use k8s (kubeadm on Debian servers), Docker,
>>> GitLab CI, PHP, shell scripting and I got a lot of my experience from
>>> that job.
>>>
>>> My more direct involvement with Arch started in late July 2020 when I
>>> joined #archlinux-devops and "complained" about something and
>>> svenstaro then decided to create a GitLab account for me[6]. Since
>>> then I have been contributing to the infrastructure project[7], often
>>> mail, Keycloak or terraform related changes. In the same period I also 
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>>> contributed to the arch-boxes project[8] and basically
>>> refactored/rewrote a big chunk of it.
>>>
>>> I don't have a lot of reasons why I contribute to open-source,
>>> basically it is fun and I enjoy contributing (and often I need the
>>> feature/issue fixed). The same applies for my arch contributions, but
>>> it wasn't just a single "drive-by patch" this time, which is probably
>>> due to the community factor and that I find infrastructure work
>>> interesting.
>>>
>>> If I become a Junior DevOps I hope I can ease the burden on the
>>> existing team, by being able to work on issues which requires some
>>> kind of access[9] and help with day-to-day maintenance. Among other
>>> things, I hope to help with the mail related stuff[10](I have been
>>> running my own mail server on Arch for a few years) and just general
>>> infrastructure stuff (nginx, monitoring, networking, you name it).
>>>
>>> SPONSORS:
>>> - Sven-Hendrik Haase (svenstaro)
>>> - Jelle van der Waa (jelle)
>>> - Frederik Schwan (freswa)
>>>
>>> [1] https://github.com/klausenbusk/
>>> [2]
>>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?qt=author&q=Kristian+Klausen
>>>
>>> [3] https://github.com/klausenbusk/flathub-stats/
>>> [4]
>>> https://tracker.debian.org/news/768744/accepted-connman-132-01bpo81-source-amd64-all-into-jessie-backports-jessie-backports/
>>>
>>> [5]
>>> https://tracker.debian.org/news/776042/accepted-cmst-20160403-2bpo81-source-amd64-into-jessie-backports/
>>>
>>> [6] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/klausenbusk/
>>> [7]
>>> https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/commits/master?author=Kristian%20Klausen
>>>
>>> [8]
>>> https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/arch-boxes/-/commits/master?author=Kristian%20Klausen
>>>
>>> [9] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/issues/288
>>> [10] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/issues/50
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> - Kristian Klausen
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>> While technically not really part of the requirements we set ourselves
>> for Junior DevOps [0], I suggest a discussion period of 14 days upon
>> which Kristian will be made a Junior DevOps unless someone brings forth 
> 
>> a good reason why that should not happen.
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>> That said, I do confirm my sponsorship.
>>
>> [0]
>> https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/blob/master/docs/becoming-devops.md
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>>
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> And so after only positive feedback, Kristian is now a Junior DevOps!
> 
> Congratulations, and welcome to the team!
> 


Congrats and welcome :)

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