Leonard Pahlke is not only the Release Lead for Kubernetes v1.26, he's also a co-chair of the CNCF TAG for Environmental Sustainability and a student working toward a Master's Degree in Computer Science at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. In this episode, Leonard talks with us about Open Source contribution, environmental sustainability, and Kubernetes v1.26.   Do you have something cool to share? Some questions? Let us know: - web: kubernetespodcast.com - mail: [email protected] - twitter: @kubernetespod   Chatter of the week The 1.23 Release team (where Kaslin was a comms shadow) Shoutout to Kunal Kushwaha, another Kubernetes contributor who started out as a student, and who advocates for students in the community via his YouTube channel & more. KubeCon EU 2023 (which will have a student track as part of the schedule) KubeCon Diversity and Inclusion Scholarships   News of the week Kubernetes Removals, Deprecations, and Major Changes in 1.26 AWS ReInvent 2022 AWS YouTube Channel Control Plane Logs added for GKE Gateway Controller for Single Clusters reaches GA for GKE Prometheus Turns 10 Prometheus Training Prometheus Documentary by HoneyPot Move to registry.k8s.io Leak Signal Micro-waf CNCF Maintainer Track changes   Links from the interview Leonard Pahlke’s Blog Leonard Pahlke blog about contribution: Start Contributing to Open Source Projects Leonard Pahlke CNCF WG Environmental Sustainablity Blog Post TAG Environmental Sustainability GitHub Specific 1.26 changes mentioned: Kubernetes 1.26: We're now signing our binary release artifacts! Kubernetes 1.26: Windows HostProcess Containers Are Generally Available CEL for Admission Control KEP In-tree Storage Plugin to CSI Migration - Azurefile In-tree Storage Plugin to CSI Migration - vSphere In-tree storage plugin removals for GlusterFS and OpenStack, and more, are outlined in the “Kubernetes Removals, Deprecations, and Major Changes in 1.26” blog Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals (KEPs) Kubernetes v1.26 Electrifying Release Blog   Links from the post-interview chat List of Kubernetes SIGs Kubernetes Release Team Shadow program