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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 16/09/2026
#DevopsDaysPDX 2026 is a wrap! We had an amazing time and really enjoyed sponsoring the happy hour event. We'll be back next year, how about you? Until the end of this week, super early bird ticket prices are 50% off! tickets.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-p...
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DevOpsDays Portland 2027
Sept. 7 – 9, 2027
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 10/09/2026
Congrats to Jacob Champion, Robert Plascencia, and Brooks Van Buren for winning the Vox Fox finger puppets and the @panic.com Playdate at our #DevopsDaysPDX happy hour tonight! @voxpupuli.org
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DevOpsDays PDX @devopsdayspdx.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🎉 We kick off at noon!!! 🎉 Can't wait to see you! Use #dodpdx #devops #devopsdays to share your takeaways..... Let's give everybody else some serious FOMO from their desks! And, yes, you can register on site. We'd LOOOOOVE to have you join us! 🎟️ devopsdays.org/events/2026-...
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 07/09/2026
Charlie is delivering our very first public OpenVox Essentials training tomorrow at #DevopsDaysPDX. Will you be there? Here's a discount code if you haven't registered yet! tickets.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-p...
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 02/09/2026
A week from now, we'll be delivering our very first public #OpenVox training at #devopsDaysPDX! We'd love to see you there and we've got a 20% discount code if you haven't already registered. tickets.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-p...
Our sponsor poster for DevopsDaysPDX on Sept 8-10.
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 11/08/2026
I'd like to announce that we are sponsoring the happy hour event at #DevOpsDaysPDX! We'd love to see you there and connect over your choice of beverage! 🍻 If you've not picked up your tickets yet, we have a discount code for you tickets.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-p... @devopsdayspdx.bsky.social
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Voucher redemption :: DevOpsDays Portland 2026
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 10/08/2026
We've been reading about this Hugging Face exploit with interest because the attack vector included #JRuby. Thanks to our comprehensive release notes, it's easy to see that we patched the vulnerability with #OpenVox 8.27.0 back in May. docs.openvoxproject.org/openvox/late...
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OpenVox 8 Release Notes | OpenVox Documentation
Documentation for various OpenVox Projects.
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voxpupuli.org @voxpupuli.org · 17/07/2026
#OpenSource #community is such a powerful thing. Yesterday when we published the #OpenVox 9.0 #beta, the signing pipeline failed for the Windows packages. It turned out to be an upstream problem with jsign, and overnight someone else found and fixed the problem.
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DevOpsDays PDX @devopsdayspdx.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Sponsor the only event this year focused on PDX DevOps & open source! Our theme is “The Future of DevOps." We’re focused on the road ahead: scaling Kubernetes across multiple clouds, refactoring automation with AI agents, charting careers through major changes, & more! devopsdays.org/events/2026-...
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voxpupuli.org @voxpupuli.org · 16/07/2026
We had a very special guest at #VoxConf today. @luke.kanies.com, the original #Puppet author and founder of PuppetLabs, spent some time with us at dinner last night and then shared some perspectives of this amazing journey -- from Blink to Puppet, and now #OpenVox.
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 16/07/2026
Just in time for #VoxConf, we'd like to announce the general availability of the #OpenVox 9.0 beta release! This contains major platform updates like Ruby 4, Java 25, JRuby 10, PostgreSQL 17/18, and more. As a beta, we don't recommend this on production systems yet. voxpupuli.org/blog/2026/07...
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voxpupuli.org @voxpupuli.org · 02/07/2026
📢 #VoxConf 2026 is happening! Registration is open for VoxConf 2026, the annual conference for the #VoxPupuli and #OpenVox community! 🗓️ When: Thursday, July 16, 2026 8:45 till the later afternoon) 📍 Where: Garching near Munich, Germany 💰 Cost: Free (but sign up at www.meetup.com/foreman-user...)!
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VoxConf + Foreman Birthday, Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 9:00 AM | Meetup
Save the date! VoxConf + Foreman Birthday is happening on July 16🎉 Further details, including the agenda and additional information, will follow. 👉 Please register via
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 26/06/2026
We've released #OpenVox Server and OpenVoxDB, but there's something you should know. Even though it's in the middle of the 8.x release lifecycle we did a major upgrade to Jetty 12, breaking semver. Read on to find out why and how it benefits you! #security #puppet voxpupuli.org/blog/2026/06...
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 25/06/2026
I'm excited to tell y'all that Jig has been donated upstream to @voxpupuli.org . Thanks Anthony; I'm glad you're going to continue on the project. #puppet #module #authoring github.com/voxpupuli/jig
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GitHub - voxpupuli/jig: A tool for building and publishing Puppet modules
A tool for building and publishing Puppet modules. Contribute to voxpupuli/jig development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 23/06/2026
Have you seen how fast #OpenVox has been patching #security issues? Watch the release notes and keep your software current! #puppet #vulnerabilities docs.openvoxproject.org/openvox/late...
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OpenVox 8 Release Notes | OpenVox Documentation
Documentation for various OpenVox Projects.
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 18/06/2026
Need a quick guide for migrating away from the #PDK? @voxpupuli.org has you covered and it's easier than you might think. docs.openvoxproject.org/ecosystem/la...
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Migrating Away from the PDK | OpenVox Documentation
Documentation for various OpenVox Projects.
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 16/06/2026
Did you know that you don't need #Puppet's #PDK to run all the tests in the @voxpupuli.org #DevKit? Just let Jig build your module and run `bundle exec rake test`. docs.openvoxproject.org/ecosystem/la...
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Unit Testing with RSpec and RSpec Puppet | OpenVox Documentation
Documentation for various OpenVox Projects.
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 10/06/2026
Yesterday was another #OpenSSL release with some important CVE fixes, and within 9 hours we had test builds of #OpenVox out the door. After testing completed, 8.28.0 was released this morning ready for you to update! Read more about the security content at github.com/OpenVoxProje...
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Release 8.28.0 · OpenVoxProject/openvox
OpenVox is the modern open source implementation of the world's most capable configuration management platform. - Release 8.28.0 · OpenVoxProject/openvox
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 10/06/2026
Do you miss how easy it was to type `#pdk new module` and so forth? @voxpupuli.org has you covered with our new content scaffolding tool. Read more about it at docs.openvoxproject.org/ecosystem/la...
docs.openvoxproject.org
Scaffolding New Content with Jig | OpenVox Documentation
Documentation for various OpenVox Projects.
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 09/06/2026
Looking for a #PDK alternative? It's a little known secret that most of its functionality was implemented by #VoxPupuli tooling vendored in under the hood. Everything the PDK did --and more--- can also be done without it. Read more about the #OpenVox #DevKit docs.openvoxproject.org/ecosystem/la...
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Overview of the Vox Pupuli Developer Tooling Kit | OpenVox Documentation
Documentation for various OpenVox Projects.
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 05/05/2026
Happy #StarWarsDay! May the source be with you! overlookinfratech.com/2026/05/04/m... #OSS
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May The Source Be With You
The roots of the OpenVox community are open source, and we’ve built our company and our products on that foundation. On this fine Star Wars Day I thought it would be a good time to talk a bit about why that’s important to us and why we regard the corporate rug-pull as such a breach of trust.
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 13/03/2026
Oh, it's #PiDay rounded to the nearest Friday? This is how we #HappyHour zurl.co/QRAhv
The pie spread:  Marionberry, Strawberry-Rhubarb, Dutch Apple, Reeses Pieces.Some of the happy pie faces!
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 04/02/2026
Following #VoxPupuli through elections and more? Watch for the live stream at www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw-C...
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CfgMgmtCamp 2026 Vox Populi Community Day
CfgMgmtCamp 2026 Vox Populi Community Day
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 01/02/2026
Coming to #CfgMgmtCamp tomorrow? Stop by and pick up some stickers and a social battery pin!
Some stickers -- a company logo, cutting the strings, and community fork -- and a handful of social battery pins.
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voxpupuli.org @voxpupuli.org · 07/11/2025
Hello there 🙋 It's time for the logo final selection! We’ve collected a few ideas from a few designers and our amazing community and now it's time for YOU to pick! github.com/OpenVoxProje... Note: the colors might not be final yet, we have a little flexibility there.
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voxpupuli.org @voxpupuli.org · 20/10/2025
Hey everyone 👋 We're doing a final round of #OpenVox logo selection! If you’d like to join in, you can still submit your proposals for the poll until 2025-10-31. github.com/OpenVoxProje... After that, we’ll open a new poll and (finally!) pick a logo 😄 Cheers, @rwaffen on behalf of the PMC
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Logo Decision for OpenVox · Issue #71 · OpenVoxProject/planning
Overview We want to select an official logo for OpenVox. We asked two designers to create some logos. The following survived a first round of review and are now ready for your input. Colors might b...
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 06/10/2025
Exciting news! The community driven rubygems.org replacement has been announced. We believe in the value of supporting one another and so we're financially sponsoring each of the development team. See more at buff.ly/2tnH8zn
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The new gem server in town
If you’re in the Ruby world you may have been following the RubyGems shenanigans of the last few weeks. They suffered a poorly communicated corporate led rug-pull, not all that dissimilar to the…
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 01/08/2025
Congrats Lance Albertson for the inaugural Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom. There's nobody who deserves it more for all your work with OSU OSL. #fossy #foss25
Lance onstage accepting his award at Fossy
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voxpupuli.org @voxpupuli.org · 15/07/2025
Have you ever wondered where the people you engage with are located? Check out our brand new #voxpupuli community map, and add yourself if you'd like! voxpupuli.org/map/
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 23/06/2025
Check it out, #VoxConf talks are posted! All talk times are in CEST, but don't forget that there's a virtual option so you can watch from anywhere. buff.ly/Pm0jMg7
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VoxConf '25
Vox Pupuli is a collective of Puppet module, tooling and documentation maintainers working together for the greater good.
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 19/06/2025
Don't forget, the first #VoxConf will be held in Nuremberg, Germany on July 17th, along with the #Foreman birthday party. And if you can't make it in person, there's also a livestream option! Talk proposals will be accepted until June 20th, which is just a couple days away... buff.ly/jNfMnPj
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Foreman Birthday Event / VoxConf 2025
Do, 17. Juli 2025
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 13/06/2025
So much for being developer first. #Perforce has sequestered away the #PDK, just like they did to #Puppet. It's an odd strategic move to make it harder for the best module authors in the #community to build content for your platform...
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So much for being developer first
Well, it appears that Perforce has taken another step down the enshittification journey. For some strange reason, it appears that they don’t want you writing Puppet modules unless you’re a paying…
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 29/05/2025
Things are moving fast for #OpenVox and building #community is top priority. Mark your calendars for mid July in Nürnberg, Germany for the very first VoxConf. It’s going to tag team along with the Foreman’s birthday party, so you’ll be able to attend both events at once! buff.ly/5LHjyZs
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VoxConf '25
Vox Pupuli is a collective of Puppet module, tooling and documentation maintainers working together for the greater good.
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 19/05/2025
No un-notarized binaries ever! Today’s story is about wrestling with #MacOS’s #Gatekeeper so we can release a production-ready MacOS #OpenVox agent build.
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OpenVox InfraTales - MacOS Signing and Notarization
Hi everyone! Nick here. I figured it was time I finally write a blog post. If you’ve seen me around on the Vox Pupuli Slack, you know that I’ve been deep in the trenches of OpenVox build code for…
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 09/05/2025
Thanks to your support, the #OSL has some breathing room again! They could still use help with long term sustainability, so please keep working on those corporate sponsorships! #opensource #oss #funding #community buff.ly/8za8H9B
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Forging Our Future: OSL's Path to Sustainability – A Call for Smart Solutions and Enduring Support | OSU Open Source Lab
A nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 21/03/2025
Have you been waiting for #OpenVox packages for #Windows? Well you're in luck because the OpenVox agent release 8.14.0 includes release candidates for both #Windows and #MacOS! Try them out and let us know how they work for you.
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Index of /downloads/
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 21/03/2025
Quite a few people have raised concerns about #trademarks because of the #OpenVox name and the use of the #puppet command names and paths. We thought we'd explain why we don't have an #infringement concern, and our roadmap to changing paths in safe and non-disruptive ways.
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A whirlwind conversation on trademarks
Quite a few people over the last few months have helpfully pointed out the name collisions in the OpenVox Puppet fork. If you didn’t recognize it, there’s also a VoIP/PBX provider called OpenVox.…
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 04/03/2025
If you've been waiting for the ability to rsync #openvox packages from #VoxPupuli, then I'm excited to announce that your wait is over! Thanks @genebean.bsky.social! buff.ly/oKfN6Ii
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 03/03/2025
An #opensource #community is more than a bunch of people who happen to own wallets or purses. They're probably the foundation that your company built itself on.
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Paying their fair share
The other day someone shared a Puppet Community Slack post in which a very senior Perforce sales engineer stated plainly that the reason for their sequestered source shenanigans is that they’re…
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 24/02/2025
"If all you could do with $product was what it came with, then nobody would ever buy it!" Learn about the importance of a content ecosystem and why the community that maintains it is irreplaceable. @binford2k.bsky.social #CfgMgmtCamp #community
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It's all about the ecosystem, bby-Ben Ford
https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/R7CKYH/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBZBIkixHEiddF07cN9J4Egu9VmBUEwYu
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 20/02/2025
"source available" is -not- the same as open source -- and your community deserves better from you. Strong words and some advice from Nick Burgan at #CfgMgmtCamp 2025. #opensource #oss
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OSS is not the same as source available-Nick Burgan
https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/UWREUC/Playlist Main track: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBZBIkixHEiddF07cN9J4Egu9VmBUEwYuTalks from oth...
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 19/02/2025
People are coming to grips with the idea that very few businesses include “provide something of value” as an actual business goal.... #cfgmgmtcamp #openvox #oss #opensource
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CfgMgmtCamp wrapup
Well, we’re back from Belgium after another successful week of conferences. First we attended FOSDEM in Brussels, then we hustled down to Ghent for the CfgMgmtCamp speaker’s dinner. This year is…
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 12/02/2025
Did you miss the panel talk on Forked Communities: Project Re-licensing and Community Impact at #FOSDEM? Our own @binford2k.bsky.social joined @geekygirldawn.bsky.social, @brian.proffitt.org, and Stephen Walli to chat about what happens when companies take project private.
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FOSDEM 2025 - Forked Communities: Project Re-licensing and Community Impact
Many popular free and open source projects are owned and driven by corporations, and in today's difficult economic climate, those companies are under increasing pressure to protect their businesses…
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 29/01/2025
We're off to #Belgium for #Fosdem buff.ly/4fKoRCO and #cfgmgmtcamp buff.ly/3PP9P3a, my favorite week of the year!
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CfgMgmtCamp
We are having a networking lunch event on the first day of CfgMgmtCamp, and we’d like to invite all attendees who identify as women to join each other for this free lunch event!
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 23/01/2025
It’s time to start planning our migrations from #Puppet to #OpenVox. If you have more complex requirements or would just rather take on this bit of system surgery with an experienced professional at your side, we’re here to help. Check out our services for more info!
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Services
We unconditionally believe that the value of an infrastructure management tool is in its ecosystem of content contributors. We believe in collaboration over competition. And we believe in the power…
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 21/01/2025
We’re excited to announce the first release of #OpenVox, the community-maintained #OpenSource implementation of #Puppet. This is functionally equivalent and should be a drop-in replacement. Be aware, of course, that it's not yet tested to the same standard as Puppet is.
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First release, hot off the presses!
It’s been quite a journey, y’all. But we’re excited to announce the first release of OpenVox, the community-maintained open source implementation of Puppet. OpenVox 8.11 is functionally equivalent to…
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 08/01/2025
We think that a well done fork actually leads to a better, stronger community and ecosystem. Being able to collaborate over shared interests as well as work out differences is how we build a product that takes all these needs into account. #puppet overlookinfratech.com/2025/01/08/t...
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The strength of community
Everything’s been super hectic with the holidays and so nobody noticed that I didn’t post the last two weeks, right? I joke, but not really. We’ve been super busy too and not just with the regular hol...
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CfgMgmtCamp @cfgmgmtcamp.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/sc... our Schedule is out there ... Don't forget to register !
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 20/12/2024
⚠️ A Product company never has control over their #OpenSource user #community. They only have an illusion of it and by the time they realize this, it’s generally too late to recover.
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Letting go of control
Events of the last week have me thinking about something that’s true in a lot of contexts. A lot of people like to have control of a relationship; control of a situation; control of the message; or…
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Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com · 07/12/2024
It's time that #GhostEngineers got the recognition they deserve. In most companies, they're actually the backbone of truly high performing teams.
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Contributions of ‘Ghost Engineers’
Last week was Thanksgiving for the USA and while I don’t personally celebrate the holiday or the violent colonization it represents, it does encourage me to reflect back on some of the things I’m…
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