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Congratulations to our ChefConf London 2019 Award Winners

By Mandi Walls
Our second dose of ChefConf for 2019 is now complete! Our inaugural ChefConf London was a great success, bringing together ChefFriends from all over for talks, workshops, hallway track, and a cruise on the Thames. If you missed it this year, keep an eye out for next year!
Read moreChefConf 2019 from an Engineering Perspective
Wow! I made it to ChefConf 2019! It was an incredible experience, filled with high-energy from not just the Chef folks themselves, but from the amazing group of Chef collaborators, customers, and community members.
Read moreCongratulations to our 2019 Awesome Community Chefs

By Mandi Walls
ChefConf 2019 has now come and gone. It was a week of learning, fun, and community. One of our traditions at our annual gathering is recognizing community members who have made significant contributions or had a noteworthy impact on our projects and community.
Read moreIntroducing the Contributor Entitlement Program

By Corey Scobie
Continuing our commitment to work in partnership with the Community, we are excited to announce the preliminary details to our Contributor Entitlement program. At Chef, we recognize and value the Community’s involvement and we are dedicated to enabling our contributors to use the very software they are helping to build.
Read moreNow Available: Chef Automate Source Code!

By Sudhir Reddy
I’m extremely excited to announce that, for the first time ever, all of the source code for Chef Automate is now open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license. This further fulfills the changes we announced earlier in April.
Read moreWhat’s For Me at ChefConf 2019: Community!

By Mandi Walls
Oh man. What a week at Chef! Hopefully, you’ve seen our announcements about open sourcing our projects and changing our business model. We’ve been working on that for a while, and it’s been great to finally get to share it with you and start engaging open-source first.
Read moreWhat Does the New Chef Mean for the Community?
Chef would not exist without its community. Our Open Source community built the foundation upon which every part of Chef stands. Together we continue to evolve and grow and shape each other as Chef moves into its third chapter.
Read moreHit the Cloud Running With Chef InSpec Profiles
Following on from the recent announcement that Chef has achieved CIS certification across AWS, Azure and GCP let’s take a deeper look at how to get started with Chef InSpec on these cloud providers. Starting with InSpec v3.7.7 there is profile generation support for AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Read moreApplication Migration: End of Support, Beginning of Transformation

By Vikram Ghosh
What does end of support for an Operating System (such as Windows Server 2008 or RHEL 5) have to do with Digital Transformation? The speed of modern business necessitates a much faster time to market and higher quality applications. But your existing application estate will determine your modernization strategy.
Read moreThe Four Duties of Reviewing Pull Requests
One of the greatest thrills of working in Open Source is receiving your first pull request. Learning that someone not only took an interest in your project, but took enough interest to fork the code, make a change, and then submit it as a pull request is such an incredible feeling.
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