Stream: interviews

Topic: 655: From Chef to System Initiative (remastered)


view this post on Zulip Logbot (Aug 21 2025 at 18:21):

The epic show with Adam Jacob has been remastered! Now with full-length video on YouTube. Adam goes solo with Adam Jacob for an epic pod into his journey to get to System Initiative. From SysAdmin at 8 years old, to discovering Linux and working for Mom-and-pop ISPs, to open source changing his life and starting Opscode and building Chef. Buckle up and enjoy. :link: https://changelog.fm/655

Ch Start Title Runs
01 00:00 This week on The Changelog 00:47
02 00:47 Sponsor: Depot 02:12
03 03:03 Start the show! 00:50
04 03:53 SysAdmin at 8?! 06:58
05 10:51 From hobby to career 08:22
06 19:13 Starting at mom-and-pop ISPs 09:01
07 28:14 Linux by doing 04:10
08 32:24 The ISP stack 05:50
09 38:13 Sponsor: Auth0 01:29
10 39:43 Open source started the fire 06:56
11 46:38 From HJK to Opscode/Chef 06:57
12 53:35 RIP Ezra Zygmuntowicz 02:23
13 55:58 You must pay me 03:40
14 59:38 Chef was 100% influenced by Puppet 04:02
15 1:03:40 Opscode to Chef 01:59
16 1:05:38 The Billion dollar pitch 00:59
17 1:06:38 $2.5M to launch 03:01
18 1:09:39 Chef-as-SaaS (CaS) was too early 04:06
19 1:13:45 Sponsor: CodeRabbit 02:40
20 1:16:25 Docker killed the Chef star 06:40
21 1:23:05 !! You have to decide what fuel to burn 01:33
22 1:24:38 Good training 01:51
23 1:26:29 Adam gets emotional 05:22
24 1:31:51 If it wasn't for... 03:30
25 1:35:21 "I shall look forward to the fight" 05:34
26 1:40:55 What matters to you? 05:45
27 1:46:40 Exit well 03:51
28 1:50:31 Picture this in your mind 04:22
29 1:54:53 Initiating System Initiative 03:41
30 1:58:34 Timing is everything 02:13
31 2:00:47 Looming Dockers out there? 03:57
32 2:04:43 The rise of Platform Engineering 07:17
33 2:12:01 Something's coming this Fall 08:02
34 2:20:02 We're done. That was epic! 00:49
35 2:20:51 Closing thoughts and stuff 01:38

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