kOps values

As part of the kubernetes project, we adopt the kubernetes community values; they are included .

In the kOps project, we emphasize also:

Kubernetes Community Values

Kubernetes Community culture contributes substantially to the project’s success. The following values have evolved over time, pushing our project and peers toward constant improvement.

Distribution is better than centralization

The scale of the Kubernetes project is only viable through high-trust and high-visibility distribution of work, which includes delegation of authority, decision making, technical design, code ownership, and documentation. Distributed asynchronous ownership, collaboration, communication and decision making are the cornerstones of our world-wide community.

Automation over process

Large projects have a lot of hard yet less exciting work. We value time spent automating repetitive work more highly than toil. Where work cannot be automated, our culture recognizes and rewards all types of contributions while recognizing that heroism is not sustainable.

Broadly successful and useful technologies require different perspectives and skill sets, which can only be heard in a welcoming and respectful environment. Community membership is a privilege, not a right. Community members earn leadership through effort, scope, quality, quantity, and duration of contributions. Our community respects the time and effort put into a discussion, regardless of where a contributor is on their growth path.

Evolution is better than stagnation

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” —Peter Drucker