Congrats! On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 12:54 AM Tao Feng <fengta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Daniel, > > Congrats! Win-win for you, Airflow and Astronomer! > > Best, > -Tao > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 3:38 PM Arthur Wiedmer <arthur.wied...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Daniel, > > > > Congratulations! Very exciting! > > > > Best, > > Arthur > > > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 2:07 PM Daniel Imberman < > daniel.imber...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Hello Airflow community! > > > > > > I'm unbelievably excited to announce that after a (much-needed) > vacation > > > through the month of June (hmu if anyone happens to live in Chiang Mai > or > > > Bali :) ), I will be joining Astronomer as a full-time > advocate/committer > > > for the Airflow community :D. > > > > > > > > > *What this means for the airflow community* > > > > > > 1. Better support for the Kubernetes Executor > > > > > > The most noticeable change to the Aiflow community is that I will be > able > > > to focus a LOT more effort towards nurturing the Airflow + Kubernetes > > > use-cases + support stories. For the last two years, I've unfortunately > > > only been able to work on this effort as a passion project/<20% > project. > > > With more flexibility I intend to become highly active on the airflow > > slack > > > and on the mailing list. I will be addressing bugs + helping users > > > interested in adding features. There is certainly work to be done to > > > stabilize/productionize this executor, and I look forward to taking > this > > > effort further in the near future. > > > > > > 2. Better Documentation > > > > > > A good friend of mine recently said "being a paid open source committer > > > means that it is now your job to smooth out the onramp for the rest of > > the > > > community" and I take this charge very seriously. Once I am on-board > > > full-time, I plan to write detailed documentation for running, > > > contributing, and debugging k8s-based airflow workflows. I will also be > > > offering office hours, lunch + learns, twitch streams, and anything > else > > > that can help interested users join this incredibly supportive > community. > > > > > > 3. A better Airflow + Kubernetes deployment story > > > > > > There are a few operators/helm charts/bash scripts floating around the > > > internet that are suggested for launching Airflow on Kubernetes. I am > > > starting the process to reach out to these owners and consolidate a > > > canonical set of deployment options to make launching airflow on k8s as > > > easy as possible > > > > > > --- > > > > > > I want to sincerely thank the team at astronomer for this incredible > > > opportunity. Through my conversations and meetings with them I can tell > > > that this company truly cares about this project and have been > consistent > > > good actors in the community. I look forward to helping you all further > > in > > > the near future! > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > -- Jarek Potiuk Polidea <https://www.polidea.com/> | Principal Software Engineer M: +48 660 796 129 <+48660796129> E: jarek.pot...@polidea.com
