Hi, I'm Aaron Crickenberger (aka Aaron of SIG Beard). I work on Kubernetes, and am mainly interested in things that improve contributors' lives. My current employer is Google
My Myers-Briggs is INFP last time I checked. I empathize a lot and prefer 1:1 conversation. Peopling for too long will wear me out. I bias toward action, preferring to solve today's instance of the problem before solving tomorrow's class of the problem. For larger problems I value public, documented decisions, driven and validated by data rather than gut feel.
Favorite foods: popcorn feeds my soul. I have been told this isn't a meal, and refuse to believe it. Burgers and sushi are also acceptable.
The best way to reach me is @spiffxp on kubernetes.slack.com. It is the only thing that notifies me, though I mute all notifcations off-hours (I'm usuallly in the Pacific timezone). See Current Status for who to contact if I'm not available
Everything else is best-effort, poll-only, including:
- (Google-only) spiffxp@ on chat.google.com
- spiffxp@google.com
- spiffxp@gmail.com
- @spiffxp on twitter
- @spiffxp on github (notifications are useless)
I take forever to write things. I'm far more comfortable talking things over, either in slack, or via whatever video-conference works for you (I like Zoom, Slack, and Google Hangouts)
I am an Organizer for K8s Infra Working Group. We are setting up the public, community-owned home for all Kubernetes project infrastructure. If I'm unavailable, please contact @dims
I am an active participant in the Kubernetes Conformance subproject. I am focused on improving conformance test coverage. I'm doing this via test authorship, PR review, tooling to lint conformance tests, and tooling to measure coverage. I coordinate with members of the cncf/apisnoop team. If I'm unavailable, please contact @timothysc
I'm a subproject owner for the Kubernetes GitHub Admin Team. I am focused on ensuring the team is operating in a sustainable manner.
I'm on my second term as a Kubernetes Steering Committee member. I am focused on empowering the community and reducing areas where the committee is a bottleneck. If I'm unavailable please contact another member
I actively participate in the following Kubernetes-related groups:
- kubernetes-community
- kubernetes-sig-architecture
- kubernetes-sig-contributor-experience (as subproject owner: devstats, github-management)
- kubernetes-sig-release (as subproject owner: release-team)
- kubernetes-sig-testing (as chair)
- kubernetes-wg-k8s-infra (as organizer)
- kubernetes/steering (as member)
This means I show up to their weekly meetings, I'm in their slack channels, I read their mailing lists (though am generally quiet), I create/triage issues, and I author/review PR's.
I use the Gubernator PR Dashboard to keep track of PRs that need my review. They pile up pretty quickly and my time is limited, so I am unable to get to all of them nor am I able to respond as quickly as I would like. I aim for a weekly thorough sweep.
I have a YouTube playlist of my talks. I usually recycle my steering committee election bio for a speaker bio