Celebrating Women’s Impact in DevOps, Cloud, and Open Source🥳
Happy International Women’s Day!
Hey there,
March is Women’s History Month—a time to honor the resilience, innovation, and impact of women who have shaped our technologies, our workplace, and beyond. As we celebrate International Women’s Day, it’s the perfect time to recognize and amplify the incredible contributions of women in tech and DevOps.
Women Who Paved the Way
Let’s take a moment to recognize some of the trailblazers who laid the foundation for modern computing:
Ada Lovelace – The world’s first programmer, who envisioned the potential of computers long before they became a reality.
Grace Hopper – A pioneer in programming languages, she developed the first compiler and coined the term “bug.”
Radia Perlman – Known as the “Mother of the Internet,” she invented the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), a crucial part of network efficiency.
Katherine Johnson – A mathematician at NASA whose calculations helped astronauts reach space and return safely.
The role of women in DevOps and cloud computing is growing, with many leading critical innovations. Let’s continue to break barriers, challenge stereotypes, and support women every day.
✨ FEATURED ARTICLE
As we’re celebrating the incredible women driving innovation in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, and Tech—and exploring how we can push for a more inclusive industry, Rsprasangi highlights the progress women have made, the challenges that remain, and the steps we can all take to accelerate change in this article: Accelerating Action: Celebrating Women in Tech & DevOps This International Women’s Day!
👩🏽💻 DevOps Insights
Understanding SSH and SSH keys by Osinachi Prosper Okpara
What is a Minimum Viable Platform (MVP)? by Luca Galante
Kubernetes Policies with Kyverno by Gayatri Jagani
Developers Unhappy With Tool Sprawl, Lagging Data, Long Waits by Jennifer Riggins
🤝 Open Source Highlight
Open Source Isn't Dead...It's Just Forked by Sal Kimmich
Can AI even be open source? It's complicated by Steven Vaughan-Nichols
Open Source is not Altruism by Matt Trifiro
Why the ‘spirit’ of open source means much more than a license by Paul Sawers
📣 Community Corner
Google Summer of Code 2025: Exciting news for aspiring developers! GSoC 2025 is now open for applications. This is an incredible opportunity for newcomers to open source to gain real-world experience by contributing to major projects under the guidance of experienced mentors. If you've ever wanted to dive into open-source development, check out the details and get started on your application
🌟 Project Spotlight
Encore: is an open source backend framework for Go and TypeScript. It allows developers to define resources like services, databases, and Pub/Sub as type-safe objects within their code.
📅 Events
KCD Beijing 2025 - Mar 15 2025
WTM International Women's Day Scotland 2025 15th March 2025
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2025 -1-4 April 2025
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025 10-11 June 2025