Software engineer @RedHat @OpenShift and @shipwrightio maintainer. On Mastodon: @adambkaplan@hachyderm.io @adambkaplan.bsky.social Opinions my own. He/Him/His
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Adam Kaplan 🚌 🐘 retweeted
Interview with @AdamBKaplan, maintainer for Shipwright, a CNCF sandbox project, that allows you to build container images on Kubernetes w/o lock-in. We also get into how to join the CNCF sandbox program and his take on AI in open source contribution. bartongeorge.io/2026/10/15/s…
As someone who was in the virtual room where @inclusivenaming was born, this is an astoundingly ill-informed take. 🧵
The Linux Foundation (the organization which develops and hosts the Linux Kernel) has been actively working on censoring language for several years.
“Inclusive Naming Lists” & conferences, Inclusivity training, & censorship tools.
The quarter of a Billion Dollar (per year) organization focused on Open Source… is also one of the biggest advocates for extreme censorship.
(Examples in thread)
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Like it or not, Linux is owned by a corporate entity backed by the biggest tech companies on the planet. Many of the contributors to LF projects are paid to do so. Myself included. 8/
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The training is there for your knowledge if and when you decide to contribute. @inclusivenaming standards are one of many tools maintainers can use to enforce norms.
When someone asks you to change the use of “master/slave” in your PR, you will know why.
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Some cause for optimism: AI assistants can make “lack of documentation” a thing of the past in open source.
Tonight I spent less than a half hour of “doc prompting.” That session produced 3 PRs which filled in a gap that was missing for more than 2 years.
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This is one of many excellent points in this rebuttal of the NYT write up of flying’s “golden age.”
Paying the price of flying in 1958 dollars gives you golden age experiences- and more!
On comfort: the 1958 economy passenger paid ~$3,300 one-way to Paris in today's money.
Today, that price still gets you china and champagne.
But also a flat bed in a private suite with a big TV and wifi.
Transcontinental routes offer similar amenities.
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Adam Kaplan 🚌 🐘 retweeted
Shipwright v0.15 Now Available! This update includes improved ways to schedule builds on Kubernetes clusters. Learn more in our release announcement: shipwright.io/blog/2025/03/0…
#kubernetes #cncf #containers
Wilhoit’s law: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded 70GBs of articles from JSTOR. He faced $1 million fine and 35 years in jail. He took his life in 2013.
Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models without any punishment.
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Very happy to spark the “open source decision making” session. My first time at CLS - wish I could have stayed for the whole day!
See y’all tomorrow! #cls2024 #ato2024 #allthingsopen
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An absolute honor to be nominated this year!
🌟 Top Contributor Award🧵(4/6)
Recognizes technical contributions excellence. This individual commits key pieces to projects and contributes in a way that benefits the project neutrally as a whole.
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