Interview at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2025 with Troy Connor about the Merge Forward initiative.
Topics Discussed
- Merge Forward: umbrella behind seven community groups
- Building awareness and relationships in the cloud-native community
- The need for more maintainers and the burnout problem
- Challenges contributors face entering open source
- Importance of mentorship and community support
- How CNCF creates safe spaces and improves accessibility
- Elevating underrepresented voices in open source
About Merge Forward
Merge Forward is a community-driven initiative under the CNCF that aims to bring more diversity to the cloud-native ecosystem and help build the next generation of maintainers.