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Nathen Harvey

As the VP of Community Development at Chef, Nathen helps the community whip up an awesome ecosystem built around the Chef framework. Nathen also spends much of his time helping people learn about the practices, processes, and technologies that support DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and Web-scale IT. Prior to joining Chef, Nathen spent a number of years managing operations and infrastructure for a number of web applications. Nathen is a co-host of the Food Fight Show, a podcast about Chef and DevOps.


On the Road to #ChefConf – Charlie Mars Brings Rock ‘n Soul Awesomeness

#ChefConf 2013 is shaping up to be a rollicking good time, with visionary speakers, dynamite sessions, big-time sponsors, and the first look at where Opscode Chef is headed from here.

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On the Road to #ChefConf – Incident Command System Workshop

There are many truisms in complex systems. One such truism: incidents happen. We all strive to decrease the mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to recovery (MTTR). For more than 40 years a system has been used across many industries to organize, manage, and lead people trying to solve problems.

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#ChefConf – Post-conference Hack Day!

Technical conferences are a great way to get energized about doing awesome things! You participate in inspiring sessions, see some amazing work being done at other companies, and meet with members of your tribe. At the end of the conference you’re ready to get down to business and ship some code!

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This Week in the Chef Community

Here’a a quick run down of some of the amazing events going on in the Chef community this week: Monday DevOps/Cloud SIG – Lake Mary, FL Portland DevOps user group meeting Tuesday Food Fight Show – Elasticsearch Chef Cafe in Austin, TX Chef Introductory Workshop – Minneapolis – SOLD OUT Wednesday Triangle DevOps – Learn […]

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Announcing #ChefConf 2013 Keynotes, Sponsors, and Awards

We’re heading into our second annual user conference and we couldn’t be more excited about our speaker lineup and sponsoring partners. But, before I get into all that, please remember Early Bird Pricing ends March 10th, so register today!

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Opscode Events This Week

Here’s a quick list of the Opscode-related events going on this week.

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#ChefConf 2013: Set Your Sights on Automation w/Facebook, Nordstrom and More

Early Bird pricing for #ChefConf 2013 has started. Get your ticket today! #ChefConf will be held April 24-26 in San Francisco. Join hundreds of system administrators, application developers, and other IT professionals to collaborate on creating the future of infrastructure automation.

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Opscode Blows Into the Windy City

Opscode will be blowing into the Windy City in February for two great events. Join Opscode and Promet Source on Monday, February 11 at 5:00 PM for a night of learning, demos, and Chef 11 roadmap discussion.

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Announcing #ChefConf 2013

We’re back at it again! Today we announced our second annual #ChefConf, taking place April 24-26, 2013, in San Francisco at the Hyatt Embarcadero (a pretty cool hotel, btw).

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