My Journey from Contributor to Operator

Learn about the contrasting experiences of contributing to open source projects versus deploying them in production environments through this 21-minute conference talk. Discover how upstream development in the OpenStack Ironic project differs from running those same features at scale in a cloud production environment. Explore specific features developed by a CERN Cloud Team member and understand how the self-feedback loop between development and production deployment enhances software quality and benefits the broader community. Gain insights into the practical challenges and lessons learned when transitioning from code contributor to production operator in large-scale cloud infrastructure.