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Date Published
Author
Tammy Butow
Word count
914
Language
English
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None

Summary

Chaos Conf, focusing on Chaos Engineering, aims to be a diverse and inclusive event, supported by Gremlin and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which offered five diversity and inclusion grants covering full conference access and expenses. The sponsorship aligns with the broader goal of creating a diverse workforce that brings better representation and innovation. Winners of the grants, including professionals and students from various backgrounds, expressed enthusiasm to learn about Chaos Engineering's role in building resilient systems, highlighting its importance in identifying system flaws and improving software reliability. CNCF's CTO Chris Aniszczyk and Gremlin's CEO Kolton Andrus emphasized the significance of diversity and the role of Chaos Engineering in resilient software development, while Gremlin also offers a free trial of their reliability platform to find and fix system risks.