diff --git a/candidates/wallaby/TC/radoslaw.piliszek@gmail.com b/candidates/wallaby/TC/radoslaw.piliszek@gmail.com new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0059ce3b --- /dev/null +++ b/candidates/wallaby/TC/radoslaw.piliszek@gmail.com @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +Hello, Folks! + +This is yoctozepto speaking. I am here to propose my candidacy for the +Technical Committee. + +If you don't know me, then I guess I should first invite you to read my +previous (and effectively first) TC candidacy proposal. [1] +TLDR; my background is public academia and turning metal into clouds [2], +i.e. I am mostly technical but can drive high-level design as well. + +One could say I am now one cycle smarter and that would be true. +Continuing my work in Kolla and QA (mostly DevStack) projects, I gained +an abundance of new insight in how things work and do not work. +I recently picked up the roles of core and multi-liaison of the Masakari +project to let it release in Victoria smoothly. + +As I came to understand the vast containerisation did not get a very +welcome reception (which I am sad about as you know my stance on that), +I decided not to pursue that exact model for the time being. +OpenStack projects, not being quite cloud-native, do not have the best +gain/effort values. +However, this does not mean I gave up on the idea completely. +As a matter of fact, I pursued the work started by Mark Goddard (mgoddard) +to let other projects co-gate with Kolla (which, de facto, provides the +most popular OpenStack-containing images at the moment). +The first target of that approach is Bifrost which now runs a, still +non-voting but fingers crossed for gating, Kolla job which actually +lets Bifrost detect whether they are not intermingling the build and +run steps. And that is something I consider a win in the long term. +Other projects are welcome to join the Kolla testing party. + +The above aligns with my general strategy to keep things well-tested and +their CIs robust. To this end, I help projects get out of the RED gate +misery. I also take pride in reducing greatly the number of internal +Kolla issues (e.g. playbook race issues and similar) in the last few +cycles. Recently, we observed mostly external ones (py2drop+setuptools+pip +multidrama). + +As a TC member I want to be an advocate of cross-project efforts and +help with cross-project mediation, especially in the field of testing. +A goal of mine to pursue is working towards better communication +tools, focusing on lowering the barrier and modernising OpenStack +ecosystem in this regard, mostly basing on Project Pylon [3] proposed +by Jean-Philippe Evrard (evrardjp) in the ideas repo, especially the +IRC part (following projects like Mozilla but also smaller ones, like +LimeSurvey). While I spent my childhood on IRC (not all of it), I +understand the issues people are having with it, considering the +availability of more modern technology. + +Finally, my general focus is on making OpenStack easily consumable by +smaller institutions to make it popular in this segment. Better +communication tools, with lower entry barrier, are part of this focus. + +[1] https://opendev.org/openstack/election/src/branch/master/candidates/victoria/TC/radoslaw.piliszek@gmail.com +[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublimation_(phase_transition) +[3] https://review.opendev.org/718932 + +Thank you for your time and trust, + +- Radosław Piliszek (yoctozepto)