#TechnicalLeadership

gnu0os0ta ✅🐧gnu0os0ta@fedi.at
2026-02-01

Wie der Linux‑Kernel seine Zukunft absichert!

Die Linux‑Kernel‑Community hat nach über 30 Jahren Projektgeschichte erstmals einen formalen Project Continuity Plan verabschiedet. Ziel dieses Dokuments ist es, verbindlich zu regeln, wie die technische Gesamtverantwortung für den Linux‑Kernel neu organisiert wird, falls der derzeitige Haupt‑Maintainer Linus Torvalds unerwartet ausfällt oder sich planmäßig aus seiner Rolle zurückzieht. Damit reagiert das Projekt auf ein bislang bestehendes strukturelles Risiko, da nahezu alle finalen Merge‑Entscheidungen zentral bei einer einzelnen Person liegen.

Der Continuity Plan verzichtet bewusst auf die Benennung eines festen Nachfolgers. Stattdessen definiert er einen prozessorientierten Ansatz zur Bestimmung der künftigen Projektleitung. Im Ereignisfall ist ein Organizer üblicherweise der Organisator des zuletzt abgehaltenen Linux Maintainer Summit, ersatzweise der Vorsitzende des Technical Advisory Board (TAB) der Linux Foundation verpflichtet, innerhalb von 72 Stunden ein Entscheidungsgremium einzuberufen. Dieses Gremium setzt sich aus den eingeladenen Teilnehmern des letzten Maintainer Summit sowie Mitgliedern des Technical Advisory Board zusammen.

Das einberufene Gremium hat einen Zeitraum von bis zu zwei Wochen, um über die zukünftige Struktur der Kernel‑Leitung zu beraten und eine Entscheidung herbeizuführen. Der Plan lässt dabei mehrere Organisationsmodelle ausdrücklich zu. Neben der Ernennung eines einzelnen neuen Haupt‑Maintainers sind auch kollektive Führungsmodelle oder alternative Governance Strukturen möglich. Die getroffene Entscheidung ist der Kernel‑Community anschließend transparent und öffentlich zu kommunizieren.

Mit diesem Verfahren soll insbesondere das sogenannte Bus‑Factor‑1‑Risiko reduziert werden, das sich aus der bisherigen Konzentration der finalen Verantwortung auf Linus Torvalds ergibt. Der Artikel weist darauf hin, dass in der aktuellen Maintainer‑Struktur Greg Kroah‑Hartman, langjähriger Maintainer der stabilen Kernel‑Releases, faktisch als naheliegender Kandidat gelten könnte. Der Continuity Plan vermeidet jedoch bewusst eine solche Festlegung, um im Bedarfsfall flexibel auf personelle, organisatorische und technische Rahmenbedingungen reagieren zu können.

Der Plan ist nicht als Hinweis auf einen unmittelbar bevorstehenden Führungswechsel zu verstehen. Linus Torvalds ist derzeit 56 Jahre alt, weiterhin aktiv als Haupt Maintainer tätig und hat nach Angaben des Artikels keine Absicht, sich in absehbarer Zeit aus dem Projekt zurückzuziehen. Vielmehr stellt der Project Continuity Plan eine präventive Maßnahme dar, die der langfristigen Stabilität eines zentralen Open‑Source‑Infrastrukturprojekts dient. Vor dem Hintergrund einer alternden Maintainer Basis und zunehmender Schwierigkeiten bei der Gewinnung neuer Kernel Maintainer schafft der Plan einen klar definierten Rahmen für den Umgang mit einem möglichen Führungsvakuum.

Quelle: zdnet.com/article/linux-commun

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Brian AllbeeBrianAllbee
2026-01-30

Processes like methodologies, CI/CD, and dependency tooling don’t just shape how code gets written. They quietly shape what code gets written — often long before anyone notices.

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Brian AllbeeBrianAllbee
2026-01-11

(More thoughts prompted by thinking about my recently published book: packtpub.com/en-UA/product/han)

At some point in most engineering careers, something subtle shifts.

Early on, the job is mostly about writing code: implement the ticket, follow the standards, make the tests pass. That work matters. But over time, especially as systems grow more complex, the center of gravity moves.

Charles Humblecharleshumble
2026-01-02

The audio version of my podcast with Michael Nygard for GOTO Conferences Unscripted is out now.
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2025-11-13

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Zhachzhach
2025-10-12

And it’s not so much a component for early-career developers in some ladders.

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What is your experience with "glue work"? Do you see it valued on your team?

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2025-10-09

The faster technology moves, the easier it is to just "go with the flow."
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Hacker Newsh4ckernews
2025-10-03

Stdlib: A library of frameworks, templates, and guides for technical leadership

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2025-10-02

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2025-09-29

We know how to scale systems, but what about humans? 🤔

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2025-09-25

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2025-09-23

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Amitai Schleierschmonz@schmonz.com
2025-09-13
If the only code you’re ever satisfied with is your own, you’re not qualified for #TechnicalLeadership. Especially if you’re sure you are.

If the only bits of #ExtremeProgramming you’ve mastered are the technical ones, you’re not an XP expert. Especially if you’re sure you are.
Tamas Mezeibrokenrobot_xyz
2025-04-16

Too many rules? Chaos code? Neither. I've just dropped a post on finding the real sweet spot in coding conventions - no "bikeshedding" required. Architects & tech leads, this is for you. Check it out: brokenrobot.xyz/blog/beyond-ta

Marcos Lobo 💙💛marcosflobo@hachyderm.io
2025-01-08

I'm looking for people interested in #softwareengineering and #technicalleadership

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2024-09-10

The year is flying by, so I'll soon be in #Australia as part of @yow_conf

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2024-01-11

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Arie van Deursen 🇪🇺🇳🇱avandeursen@mastodon.acm.org
2024-01-06

Fantastic post on (levels of maturity in) managing performance, by @slightlyoff

> Teams that reach top-level performance have management support at the highest level. Those managers assume engineers want to do a good job but have the wrong incentives and constraints, and it isn't the line engineer's job to define success — it's the job of management.

infrequently.org/2022/05/perfo

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Adriana Villela 🇧🇷🇨🇦adrianamvillela@hachyderm.io
2023-04-25

Another all-latina episode of @oncallmemaybe this week, with badass engineering manager Marylia Gutierrez of Cockroach Labs. Marylia talks about how Observability helps CockroachDB users, moving into management while still doing tech work, immigrating to Canada from Brazil, and more!

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