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Pretty OT, but: I know of many large providers using MetalLB as a core part of their k8s infrastructure, who gave nothing back. If walking away punishes them fo

Pretty OT, but: I know of many large providers using MetalLB as a core part of their k8s infrastructure, who gave nothing back. If walking away punishes them for that, then I'm very pleased :) MetalLB is in a healthier place now than with me at the helm. It's being maintained and developed by people who still believe in and use k8s, which is how it should be.

rektide 6y ago
It's such a pity we live in such a Dark Forest, so many silent quiet predators out there, & so few willing to bring their light, willing to contribute. Being the only prisoner in the dilemna doing the right thing seems like it sucks a lot. Thank you for soldiering on & getting us all so far as you did. I'm glad there's good people at the helm. I don't know how to avoid uncomfortable personalization, but this really was a very notable incident for me, where on Twitter you talked a bit about how you didn't intend to blog or talk or converse with people about what sounded like some fairly large changes that you had in mind. This is such an absolutely critical quasi-mystical level of the stack, in an area that's totally essential for people to get themselves online in a meaningful capacity, yet one which so few folk have much experience with. I'm glad we have new maintainers, but I still feel the loss of some greater brighter alternate reality where more people are able to better build their own stable online presences via the alternate-history version enhanced/remade version of MetalLB that, it feels like, no one will ever know. I can't imagine how stupid & terrible trying to support MetalLB must have been, I can't imagine what it feels like to have giant powers that be take & take without investing back, but I also just think of that brighter future, that unknown better model. Surely we'll make more goes in the future, more tries, to make better ways of bringing traffic in, & it seems sure MetalLB will continue to be one of those chief ways, but those paths will not be touched with the intimate grace of experience you, the creator's long trekking would have brought. I've thought about trying to beg access, beg for some time to try to document the learnings, lessons, would do-overs over MetalLB. But I don't think I can bring enough critical review & questioning to bear, I don't think I'd ask the right questions at the right times. I'd hope time might soften some of the hard feeling, but I also knew I'd be trampling on a year+ old declaration, a declaration essentially that the world did not deserve your insights. I'm sorry for punishing your good faith good reply with this post! I write it sort of as a confession, but the crime is the confession, not the thought. This has been a big event for me; apologies for being un-easy with it. Mostly, thank you thank you thank you, for having carried us all so so so very far.

rektide 6y ago

It's such a pity we live in such a Dark Forest, so many silent quiet predators out there, & so few willing to bring their light, willing to contribute. Being the only prisoner in the dilemna doing the right thing seems like it sucks a lot. Thank you for soldiering on & getting us all so far as you did. I'm glad there's good people at the helm. I don't know how to avoid uncomfortable personalization, but this really was a very notable incident for me, where on Twitter you talked a bit about how you didn't intend to blog or talk or converse with people about what sounded like some fairly large changes that you had in mind. This is such an absolutely critical quasi-mystical level of the stack, in an area that's totally essential for people to get themselves online in a meaningful capacity, yet one which so few folk have much experience with. I'm glad we have new maintainers, but I still feel the loss of some greater brighter alternate reality where more people are able to better build their own stable online presences via the alternate-history version enhanced/remade version of MetalLB that, it feels like, no one will ever know. I can't imagine how stupid & terrible trying to support MetalLB must have been, I can't imagine what it feels like to have giant powers that be take & take without investing back, but I also just think of that brighter future, that unknown better model. Surely we'll make more goes in the future, more tries, to make better ways of bringing traffic in, & it seems sure MetalLB will continue to be one of those chief ways, but those paths will not be touched with the intimate grace of experience you, the creator's long trekking would have brought. I've thought about trying to beg access, beg for some time to try to document the learnings, lessons, would do-overs over MetalLB. But I don't think I can bring enough critical review & questioning to bear, I don't think I'd ask the right questions at the right times. I'd hope time might soften some of the hard feeling, but I also knew I'd be trampling on a year+ old declaration, a declaration essentially that the world did not deserve your insights. I'm sorry for punishing your good faith good reply with this post! I write it sort of as a confession, but the crime is the confession, not the thought. This has been a big event for me; apologies for being un-easy with it. Mostly, thank you thank you thank you, for having carried us all so so so very far.