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TIMTOWTDI Rides Again – Running Resources on a Limited Schedule

By Mandi Walls
If you’ve been with the Chef Community for a long time, you’ve no doubt gotten caught up in a problem that comes down to “there’s more than one way to do it”.
Read moreHow to write a kickass CFP submission

By Mandi Walls
Hello ChefLand! It’s almost time for the ChefConf 2020 CFP to open. While we’re busy prepping the submission system and all the other fun stuff that goes into the first stages of event logistics, hopefully you’re thinking about what you might want to speak about at ChefConf! This will be the NINTH(!) ChefConf.
Read more10 Years of DevOps
10 years of DevOps? That’s a bit of a controversial title, but Jody Wolfborn and I have just returned from speaking at the 10th Anniversary DevOpsDays in Ghent, Belgium.
Read moreThanks, Hacktoberfest Hackers!

By Mandi Walls
Holy Hacktoberfest, Batman! If you participated in Hacktoberfest this year, you’ve heard from Digital Ocean about how awesome the participation was this year. Just an incredible amount of PRs were created by folks working towards their Hacktoberfest rewards. What did you learn this year during Hacktoberfest?
Read moreHappy Birthday, Apache2 Cookbook!

By Mandi Walls
Last year, we celebrated Chef’s 10th birthday. A lot can happen in ten years, but a lot also stays the same. One of our other projects that is nearly as old as Chef Infra itself is the Apache2 cookbook.
Read moreGetting the Most Out Of Hacktoberfest – Part 2

By Mandi Walls
So, how’s your Hacktoberfest coming? Got a few PRs in for your favorite projects? Have you learned something new, or gone to a Hacktoberfest event? If not, there’s still time. And we have an added bonus, our amazing design team has put together some new stickers for our Hacktoberfest participants!
Read moreSous-Chef Community Leaders 2019

By Jason Field
Thank you all for voting on the board of Sous-Chefs Community Leaders. Voting has now closed and the results are in. Farewells We would like to wish our fond farewells to the members of the board who have chosen to step down: Dan and Joseph have been instrumental in Sous-Chefs and will be missed.
Read moreGetting the most out of Hacktoberfest – Part 1

By Mandi Walls
Happy Hacktoberfest! Have you been to the Hacktoberfest website to sign up? Have you perused the open Hacktoberfest tagged issues on GitHub? If not, don’t worry. There’s plenty of time to get started. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the options, we have some pointers for helping out with Chef’s projects.
Read moreAn Important Update from Chef

By Barry Crist
Below is a message that I sent to all Chef employees today about recent events affecting Chef. Chefs, I want to provide an update on recent events affecting Chef and changes that we’re making. As many of you know, we began our work with the U.S. Government in earnest in 2014 and 2015.
Read moreAn Update to the Chef Community Regarding Current Events

By Corey Scobie
[Update on 9/23/2019 at 7.15am] Read blog from CEO Barry Crist for a further update on the event. I would like to provide an update to the community about the incident that impacted Chef-client run failures yesterday and give you a sense of what has been happening behind the scenes.
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