Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this series, OSS Technologist Dave McAllister sits down with the NGINX community to discuss what they love about open source. Brought to you by F5!
This episode is Coffee Klatch – a term that comes from the German "Kaffeeklatsch", which means an informal gathering where people chat over coffee. ☕️ Today's guest is Elijah Zupancic, NGINX Chief Architect. Elijah is deeply involved in the software architecture for NGINX products and plays a crucial role in facilitating communication between different product groups.
Additionally, as the mission owner of F5's AI Gateway project, Elijah is leading the charge in integrating advanced technologies to enhance NGINX's capabilities. Watch to learn about some of Elijah's favorite open source projects, and why he believes it's important to start your open source journey with joy, passion, and positivity.
Where to find the NGINX Community:
💚 Website – nginx.org
💬 Community Forum – community.nginx.org
⭐ GitHub – github.com/nginx
🚀 Twitter – https://x.com/nginxorg
🦋 Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/nginx.org
Where to find F5:
🔴 Website – f5.com
💬 DevCentral – community.f5.com
🚀 Twitter – https://x.com/F5
Technologies mentioned in this episode:
⬢ F5 AI Gateway – f5.com/products/ai-gateway
⬢ NGINX Unit – unit.nginx.org
⬢ Ansible – docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/index.html
⬢ Let's Encrypt – letsencrypt.org
⬢ NGINX JavaScript (njs) – nginx.org/en/docs/njs
⬢ Rust Binding for NGINX – github.com/nginxinc/ngx-rust
⬢ NGINX Gateway Fabric – github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-fabric
⬢ OpenTelemetry – opentelemetry.io
⬢ OTel Semantic Conventions – cncf.io/blog/2024/11/04/opentelemetry-is-expanding-into-ci-cd-observability
⬢ Trino – trino.io
⬢ Apache Commons – commons.apache.org
⬢ Windows Networking Stack – learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/network/windows-network-architecture-and-the-osi-model
⬢ Cargo – github.com/rust-lang/cargo
⬢ Go dependencies – https://go.dev/doc/modules/managing-dependencies
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:37 - Meet Elijah Zupancic
01:43 - Open Source at NGINX: An Overview
03:56 - Highlighting Key Projects
04:45 - OpenTelemetry and Continuous Deployment
05:53 - Favorite Non-NGINX Open Source Projects
09:30 - Challenges and Future of Open Source
14:29 - Getting Started with Open Source
16:39 - Closing Thoughts
#NGINX #OpenSourceCommunity #TechTalks #AIGateway #Kubernetes #CoffeeKlatch
In this series, OSS Technologist Dave McAllister sits down with the NGINX community to discuss what they love about open source. Brought to you by F5!
This episode is Coffee Klatch – a term that comes from the German "Kaffeeklatsch", which means an informal gathering where people chat over coffee. ☕️ Today's guest is Elijah Zupancic, NGINX Chief Architect. Elijah is deeply involved in the software architecture for NGINX products and plays a crucial role in facilitating communication between different product groups.
Additionally, as the mission owner of F5's AI Gateway project, Elijah is leading the charge in integrating advanced technologies to enhance NGINX's capabilities. Watch to learn about some of Elijah's favorite open source projects, and why he believes it's important to start your open source journey with joy, passion, and positivity.
Where to find the NGINX Community:
💚 Website – nginx.org
💬 Community Forum – community.nginx.org
⭐ GitHub – github.com/nginx
🚀 Twitter – https://x.com/nginxorg
🦋 Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/nginx.org
Where to find F5:
🔴 Website – f5.com
💬 DevCentral – community.f5.com
🚀 Twitter – https://x.com/F5
Technologies mentioned in this episode:
⬢ F5 AI Gateway – f5.com/products/ai-gateway
⬢ NGINX Unit – unit.nginx.org
⬢ Ansible – docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/index.html
⬢ Let's Encrypt – letsencrypt.org
⬢ NGINX JavaScript (njs) – nginx.org/en/docs/njs
⬢ Rust Binding for NGINX – github.com/nginxinc/ngx-rust
⬢ NGINX Gateway Fabric – github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-fabric
⬢ OpenTelemetry – opentelemetry.io
⬢ OTel Semantic Conventions – cncf.io/blog/2024/11/04/opentelemetry-is-expanding-into-ci-cd-observability
⬢ Trino – trino.io
⬢ Apache Commons – commons.apache.org
⬢ Windows Networking Stack – learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/network/windows-network-architecture-and-the-osi-model
⬢ Cargo – github.com/rust-lang/cargo
⬢ Go dependencies – https://go.dev/doc/modules/managing-dependencies
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:37 - Meet Elijah Zupancic
01:43 - Open Source at NGINX: An Overview
03:56 - Highlighting Key Projects
04:45 - OpenTelemetry and Continuous Deployment
05:53 - Favorite Non-NGINX Open Source Projects
09:30 - Challenges and Future of Open Source
14:29 - Getting Started with Open Source
16:39 - Closing Thoughts
#NGINX #OpenSourceCommunity #TechTalks #AIGateway #Kubernetes #CoffeeKlatch
