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2024 year in review of CNCF and top 30 open source project velocity 
Staff Post 2024 year in review of CNCF and top 30 open source project velocity 
By Chris Aniszczyk  By consistently tracking open source project velocity, we are able to see the trends and technologies resonating with developers and end users. We have been tracking these trends since 2017; all previous blogs...
January 29, 2025
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Unlock growth and talent: why maintainers should mentor with CNCF
Mentorship Post Unlock growth and talent: why maintainers should mentor with CNCF
By Nate Waddington, Head of Mentorship and Documentation, CNCF Open source projects rely on strong communities. Mentorship programs like LFX Mentorship and Google Summer of Code offer maintainers a chance to bring new contributors into their...
November 21, 2024

Congratulations to 45 CNCF Term 2 2024 LFX Program mentees!
Mentorship Post Congratulations to 45 CNCF Term 2 2024 LFX Program mentees!
Mentorship blog by Nate Waddington, Head of Mentorship & Documentation at CNCF We are thrilled to share that 45 CNCF mentees with the LFX Program have successfully completed their mentorship.     Numerous CNCF projects across Graduated, Incubating,...
September 27, 2024

CNCF celebrates successful mentees from LFX Program Term 1 2024!
Mentorship Post CNCF celebrates successful mentees from LFX Program Term 1 2024!
Congratulations to CNCF’s 2024 Term 1 (March – May) LFX Program mentees who have finished the program successfully! Following a three-month program working with 28 different Graduated, Incubating, and Sandbox projects, including Antrea, Istio, KubeEdge, OpenTelemetry,...
June 19, 2024

Embarking on a professional growth adventure: insights from my LFX Mentorship Program with LitmusChaos
Mentorship Post Embarking on a professional growth adventure: insights from my LFX Mentorship Program with LitmusChaos
Mentorship post originally published on dev.to by Magnim Thibaut Freedisch Batale The Linux Foundation Mentorship Program offers a dynamic three-month internship where participants engage in hands-on projects while receiving a stipend. When I first applied for...
December 27, 2023 | Magnim Thibaut Freedisch Batale

My journey of CNCF mentorship and open source
Mentorship Post My journey of CNCF mentorship and open source
Mentorship post originally published on Medium by Mohammed Affan Diving Into the Open Source: In the summer of 2023, I decided to jump into the open-source world to get some hands-on software development experience as a...
December 22, 2023 | Mohammed Affan

LFX Program’s CNCF mentees have successfully finished Term 3!
Mentorship Post LFX Program’s CNCF mentees have successfully finished Term 3!
We are thrilled to congratulate 34 mentees who have successfully graduated from the LFX Program after working with various CNCF projects over the last three months!     Mentees had the opportunity to work on many different projects...
December 14, 2023 | CNCF staff

My experience as an LFX mentee for the Jaeger project
Mentorship Post My experience as an LFX mentee for the Jaeger project
Mentorship post originally published on Dev.to by Afzal Ansari Introduction I am thrilled to share my experience as an LFX Mentee for Jaeger, an open-source project that focuses on observability within the cloud native ecosystem. My...
September 22, 2023

36 CNCF term 2 LFX mentees have successfully completed the program!
Mentorship Post 36 CNCF term 2 LFX mentees have successfully completed the program!
Congratulations to the 36 interns who have graduated from the LFX Program after working with CNCF projects over June, July, and August!     Mentees had the opportunity to work on many different projects across our Graduated, Incubating,...
September 12, 2023

Discovering chaos: my LFX mentorship journey with LitmusChaos
Mentorship Post Discovering chaos: my LFX mentorship journey with LitmusChaos
Mentorship post originally published on dev.to by Nagesh Bansal, LitmusChaos Contributor Diving into Kubernetes as a newcomer can be quite overwhelming. Have you ever thought about contributing to CNCF projects? If so, you’ve probably had a...
September 8, 2023

From mentee to mentor: my journey through LFX mentorship
Mentorship Post From mentee to mentor: my journey through LFX mentorship
Mentorship post originally published on Dev.to by Asmit Malakannawar Are you already actively contributing to open source and looking to take your involvement to the next level? You can participate in the LFX Mentorship program. Through...
July 11, 2023

Congratulations to 57 CNCF Term 1 LFX Program Mentees!
Mentorship Post Congratulations to 57 CNCF Term 1 LFX Program Mentees!
By Staff A huge number of successful CNCF interns have graduated from this term’s LFX Program: 57!    We had a great showing from the CNCF community with involvement across Graduated, Incubating, and Sandbox projects as well...
June 9, 2023

My LFX mentorship journey: the best starting point for contributing to open source
Mentorship Post My LFX mentorship journey: the best starting point for contributing to open source
Guest post by CNCF (LitmusChaos) LFX mentee, Namkyu Park, originally published on dev.to Contributing to an open source that has already been participated to by so many participants is not straightforward. Most come up with questions...
May 30, 2023 | Namkyu Park

Congratulations to the 27 Summer LFX Program CNCF interns! 
Mentorship Post Congratulations to the 27 Summer LFX Program CNCF interns! 
After an exciting Spring term, 36 interns have graduated from the latest LFX mentorship program funded by CNCF! 15 of CNCF’s Graduated, Incubating, and Sandbox projects joined this round with projects including Chaos Mesh, Kubernetes, KubeEdge...
October 3, 2022

My experience contributing to LitmusChaos as a student
Mentorship Post My experience contributing to LitmusChaos as a student
Mentorship blog post by Aman Dwivedi, Litmus Chaos mentee What is LitmusChaos? LitmusChaos is an open-source Chaos Engineering platform that enables teams to identify weaknesses & potential outages in infrastructures by inducing chaos tests in a...
August 11, 2022

CNCF congratulates 36 successful interns with Spring Term LFX Program!
Mentorship Post CNCF congratulates 36 successful interns with Spring Term LFX Program!
After an exciting Spring term, 36 interns have graduated from the latest LFX mentorship program funded by CNCF! 15 of CNCF’s Graduated, Incubating, and Sandbox projects joined this round with projects including Chaos Mesh, Kubernetes, KubeEdge...
July 7, 2022

Mentorship Spotlight: As an LFX Mentee for Fall’21
Mentorship Post Mentorship Spotlight: As an LFX Mentee for Fall’21
Guest post by Sayantani Saha Curious to know what it is? I thought of penning down my experience, as I get a lot of DMs from people asking how to get selected or what is the...
May 10, 2022 | Sayantani Saha

LFX Spring 2022 Mentorships are open – Apply for CNCF projects by February 13th!
Mentorship Post LFX Spring 2022 Mentorships are open – Apply for CNCF projects by February 13th!
By Ihor Dvoretskyi, Senior Developer Advocate, CNCF For the fourth year in a row, CNCF will be participating in LFX with a record-breaking 42 project ideas available to mentees. LFX is a platform that enables organizations...
February 9, 2022 | Ihor Dvoretskyi

Experience as an LFX Mentee for Chaos Mesh
Mentorship Post Experience as an LFX Mentee for Chaos Mesh
Mentorship guest post by Chunxu Zhang I am a graduate student studying software engineering at Nanjing University. My research focuses on DevOps, which has intrinsic connections with chaos engineering and observability. To get involved in the...
February 4, 2022 | Chunxu Zhang

Mentorship Spotlight: Google Summer of Code 2021 with CNCF — My experience with LitmusChaos
Mentorship Post Mentorship Spotlight: Google Summer of Code 2021 with CNCF — My experience with LitmusChaos
Guest post originally published on Medium by Hemanth Krishna, LitmusChaos Mentee Hey Folks! I am Hemanth Krishna 👋, a junior undergrad student pursuing Computer Science at the time of writing this article. I recently participated in...
August 19, 2021 | Hemanth Krishna

Mentorship Spotlight: Second time lucky with OpenTelemetry
Community Post Mentorship Spotlight: Second time lucky with OpenTelemetry
Guest post originally published on Medium by Ndubuisi Onyemenam Luck Is What Happens When Preparation Meets Opportunity Seneca The first time I applied to OpenTelemetry for the Linux Foundation Internship was for the Q3-Q4 round of 2020. I received a...
August 13, 2021 | Ndubuisi Onyemenam