Benjamin Elder

@bentheelder.bsky.social

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@kubernetes.io Steering Committee member / SIG Testing Tech Lead, sigs.k8s.io/kind creator / maintainer. Dog dad. Free time: Hiking, Photography, Books ... http://elder.dev/about

A parody of the "Pepe Silvia" conspiracy theory meme from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In the foreground, a man with grey hair and a pink t-shirt (reminiscent of software engineer Davanum "dims" Srinivas) is captured in a frantic, wide-eyed pose, gesturing wildly with a green marker in his hand. Instead of the original mailroom wall, the background is replaced by a complex, circular "k8s.io staging module dependencies" flow chart, filled with interconnected nodes and lines representing Kubernetes software components. The composition includes the shoulder of another person in a green sweater vest in the bottom right corner, mirroring the perspective of the original TV scene.
My dog Bobby sitting and looking up at me with puppy dog eyes while his blur of a tail wags.
My dog Bobby, resting his bones in a comfy dog bed, soaking up a sunbeam.
This image features four people dressed in firefighter-themed outfits standing on a dirt path in a forested area. Behind them is a vintage-style utility vehicle with "Carmine's Vines" displayed on its front. The two individuals on the left are wearing yellow helmets, white T-shirts with "96 BFS" written in red, and shorts—one in khaki and the other in black with red suspenders. The man kneeling in the front is also wearing a red hat and yellow pants. The person on the right stands confidently with no shirt, red suspenders, orange pants, and a red helmet, holding a tool in one hand. The background consists of tall pine trees and dense greenery. At the bottom of the image, there is a banner featuring the logos for "Variety the Children's Charity" and "Bash," indicating this could be an event related to the charity.
A view towards clouds rest in Yosemite national park. A somewhat narrow section of granite headed towards a landing point, in the distance half-dome and the valley.
A view of San Francisco and the golden gate under some clouds from high above
My smile next to the mission peak summit post, with the San Francisco Bay Area below and behind me. I'm in sunglasses and a hat.
A mini Pac-Man game in the CNCF store for $72 USD
Holding a Kubernetes branded travel power adapter at the CNCF corner shop in front of the for sale sign. It is $25 USD
A shopping cart full of stacks and stacks of mini pies and whipped cream
My dog, a tan rescue mix, "Bobby ", lounging in a big dog bed with a pillow and blanket, wearing a blue and white plaid bandana
Looking down the sandy staircase to the beach at fort funston, the ocean and beach in the background, my dog Bobby standing happy in the distance down the stairs looking back at me
A view of the ocean over evergreen trees, the sun low in the sky ringed by a very wide flare in the clouds and illuminating a beam across the ocean towards the shore
An ocean full of ships, all of which have Christoph Blecker's avatar pasted over them
A screenshot of an email draft of the first message the mailinglist thread linked. The email has subject "Nominating Marko Mudrinić for SIG K8s Infra Tech Lead" and the following body text: Hi all, it is with the strongest endorsement that I nominate Marko a.k.a. "xmundrii" as our latest Tech Lead for SIG K8s Infra. Amongst other things: Marko has been a long time contributor, a maintainer of the deb/rpm package hosting with SIG Release and a lead of the release engineering subproject, and most importantly: a trusted member of our community. The number one thing I'm looking for in SIG K8s Infra TLs is trust, to handle the keys to all our infra and to think carefully about how we manage resources to benefit the project sustainably. I believe Marko has more than earned that trust. At this time no leads are stepping down, but I believe it's important to recognize and promote maintainers and to grow our bench, so I'm nominating Marko to be our fourth active TL. If you're interested in helping organize SIG K8s Infra, we're also putting out an open call for chair mentoring. Come learn and help us organize the SIG, we'll be partnering with SIG Contributor Experience to run a mentoring cohort. Reach out to any of the leads if you're interested and we'll connect folks. We will have a lazy consensus period of at least one week per the leadership changes guidelines. If you have any questions or concerns, you can also reach me ben@elder.dev, bentheelder in slack.k8s.io, or reach out to any of our existing leads, or steering-private@kubernetes.io Thanks all! - Ben
My dog Bobby sitting in a chair with his floppy ears up, wearing a bandana covered with studio ghibli.
The kubecon NS stage showing "Loren Ipsum (Top Documentarian)" for Qiming Teng and Haifeng (Michael) Yao
My dog Bobby sitting up in a chair with his ears back giving me puppy dog eyes
Two glass awards from the CNCF, one is a kubernetes logo in clear glass on a blue base that says "2024 lift and shift award, Ben elder" and the other is a clear cloud on a blue base that says "2020 community awards | cloud native computing foundation, top committee, Ben Elder"
A small card with printed TLS cert metadata and a wax seal of the cert-manager logo
The official kubectl cuttlefish logo
Jeremy Rickard behind upside down code of conduct committee sign along with sig k8s infra and sig testing at the Kubernetes Meet and Greet
My dad and I wearing matching pink Kubernetes gopher shirts
Slide deck, with highlighted bullet that says "Joe installs Gateway API v1.2 standard channel"
A somewhat musical great ball contraption runs at SJC airport.
My dog Bobby sleeping stretched out across the covers at the head of our bed
My dog Bobby, resting his chin on a pillow, wearing a thanksgiving / fall themed bandanna on his collar.
Me smiling in front of an expansive mountain vista. I'm wearing a sun hoodie and a hiking bag with my garmin inreach and camera attached
An expansive alpine landscape photo featuring my wife and dog in their hiking packs