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natali

@natali.rip

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i'm so low maintenance that i'm barely breathing (SIG Docs Co-chair for Kubernetes, TODO Group Steering Committee, Open Source @ Cisco)

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natali @natali.rip · 15/09/2026

thinking about him

the swarovski shrek: a crystal figurine of the dreamworks character shrek from austrian producer of glass swarovski, featuring his little ears and everything – colour-matched to his green complexion, this is just a figurine so that you can have a mini-crystal-shrek in your home, an unhinged purchase

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natali @natali.rip · 03/09/2026

brb, i'm still home by the adriatic sea

the entrance to bira winery located in lumbarda on the island of korčula, croatia, featuring stone steps and columns and its restaurant at the base, looking out towards the island of pelješac, hardly a cloud in the sky, it is fucking hot here but it's still summer it's still the season and i'm still home by the adriatic sea

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natali @natali.rip · 11/07/2026

yeah

a picture of myself in the mirror in the bathroom of a bar in schöneberg, a suburb of berlin i'm never in, where i met fellow croatian diaspora but they couldn't really speak croatian which was a shame, anyway i can't wait to be back home on the island in august (i'm wearing a tight black velvet shirt with a small gold embroidered half-moon in the centre, a black pleated mini skirt, black stockings and black combat boots, my hair up in braids pinned to my head)

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natali @natali.rip · 30/06/2026

WE WILL CONVERGE

a picture of the band converge playing on stage at punk venue SO36 in berlin, germany, among a crowd of people just outside the pit, illuminating the hardcore crowd that had gathered to mosh to their new record which is very fucking good

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natali @natali.rip · 15/06/2026

a picture of a framed picture of serbian conceptual artist and performer marina abramović wearing black stocking and heels, but naked from the waist up, holding a framed picture at her midsection of former president of the socialist federal republic of yugoslavia, josip broz tito — the image of abramović is in black and white, contrasted by the bright red wall it is hanging from in the halls of the gropius bau of berlin for her exhibition titled balkan erotic epic

a picture of a framed photo of former president of the socialist federal republic of yugoslavia, josip broz tito, wearing his marshall uniform on a white gallery wall in the gropius bau of berlin. the framed picture is adorned with fairy lights flickering blue as part of the marina abramović exhibition titled balkan erotic epic

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natali @natali.rip · 19/05/2026

✌️ lol ✌️

me, clad in black, with the hood of my puffer jacket tight around my heart-shaped head, standing with both hands up in victory signs and an expression of sheer excitement with mouth agape to have found a "stinky poopy alley" street sign down a brick alleyway, walls painted lime green, in downtown minneapolis, i'm literally beaming, trash lives here, it's me i'm trash

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natali @natali.rip · 05/05/2026

do you ever learn things about friends like @kat.lol that you wish you could unlearn?

a screenshot of a text interaction between myself and fellow kubernetes maintainer kat cosgrove, where upon learning that people brush their teeth in the shower (what the fuck), she reveals that she has brushed her teeth in MY shower (what the fuck)

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natali @natali.rip · 31/03/2026

touching computers for a living, and talking about it, at cncf maintainer summit eu

myself (kubernetes), tiffany (otel), aidan (buildpaks), and nate (cncf) all seated during our panel at the cncf maintainer summit in amsterdam in march 2026 speaking to sandbox project maintainers about docs best practices. it looks like i am shrugging, so maybe i don't know much about docs after all eh

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natali @natali.rip · 24/03/2026

LONG LIVE INGRESS NGINX 🪦 @strongjz.bsky.social archiving ingress nginx live on the #KubeConEU stage with @youngnick.net and other gateway API maintainers 👑 #KubeCon #CloudNativeCon

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natali @natali.rip · 04/03/2026

very business aren't we @auggie.dev @ashleywolf.bsky.social (todo group steering @ lfms)

at the 2026 edition of the linux foundation members summit, myself (second from right) sitting alongside my fellow TODO group steering committee members for our AMA panel, myself and Ana (our project manager, far left) are throwing peace signs, the sign of the times, sigh

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natali @natali.rip · 07/02/2026

chino gets better with age god almighty

a picture from the pit of the deftones gig in berlin, germany at the max-schmeling-halle, showing the stage at the end of their set with the band's name and date of the show in a slightly pink hue, spotlights illuminating the stage as we all stand there in awe after their killer performance

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natali @natali.rip · 06/01/2026

us when we thank all the new people for putting up with us on the community call

a screenshot of kat and natali in a sig docs community call wearing lawyer and judge wigs, smiling at the camera because we can do whatever we want?? in this project?? such as being a silly goose??

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natali @natali.rip · 04/12/2025

i allow this to define me

a screenshot of my top three songs on tidal, a music streaming service that crunches data about your music choices throughout the year. my top song in 2025 was the health x chelsea wolfe track 'mean', followed by 'everything is quiet now' and 'deep in the willow' by knocked loose

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natali @natali.rip · 17/11/2025

actually this one sums it up lol

three program chairs closing out the cncf maintainer summit as i excitedly wait to get off stage – mario to the left, karena in the middle, and myself on the right, what the hell is that face natali

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natali @natali.rip · 17/11/2025

being one of the program chairs for the cncf maintainer summit this year was a true professional highlight, and now it's time for someone else to shine (or work fucking tirelessly). glamour shot on stage clocked, time to go back to my maintainer hole