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Aug 21, 2025 2 hr 22 min

From Chef to System Initiative (remastered)

from Changelog Interviews

The epic show with Adam Jacob has been remastered! Now with full-length video on YouTube. Adam goes solo with Adam Jacob for an epic pod into his journey to get to System Initiative. From SysAdmin at 8 years old, to discovering Linux and working for Mom-and-pop ISPs, to open source changing his life and starting Opscode and building Chef. Buckle up and enjoy.

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From Chef to System Initiative (remastered)

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  1. 0:00 This week on The Changelog
  2. 0:47 Sponsor: Depot
  3. 3:03 Start the show!
  4. 3:53 SysAdmin at 8?!
  5. 10:51 From hobby to career
  6. 19:13 Starting at mom-and-pop ISPs
  7. 28:14 Linux by doing
  8. 32:24 The ISP stack
  9. 38:13 Sponsor: Auth0
  10. 39:43 Open source started the fire
  11. 46:38 From HJK to Opscode/Chef
  12. 53:35 RIP Ezra Zygmuntowicz
  13. 55:58 You must pay me
  14. 59:38 Chef was 100% influenced by Puppet
  15. 1:03:40 Opscode to Chef
  16. 1:05:38 The Billion dollar pitch
  17. 1:06:38 $2.5M to launch
  18. 1:09:39 Chef-as-SaaS (CaS) was too early
  19. 1:13:45 Sponsor: CodeRabbit
  20. 1:16:25 Docker killed the Chef star
  21. 1:23:05 !! You have to decide what fuel to burn
  22. 1:24:38 Good training
  23. 1:26:29 Adam gets emotional
  24. 1:31:51 If it wasn't for...
  25. 1:35:21 "I shall look forward to the fight"
  26. 1:40:55 What matters to you?
  27. 1:46:40 Exit well
  28. 1:50:31 Picture this in your mind
  29. 1:54:53 Initiating System Initiative
  30. 1:58:34 Timing is everything
  31. 2:00:47 Looming Dockers out there?
  32. 2:04:43 The rise of Platform Engineering
  33. 2:12:01 Something's coming this Fall
  34. 2:20:02 We're done. That was epic!
  35. 2:20:51 Closing thoughts and stuff

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