[Tech-board-discuss] Nomination: Kent Overstreet on the TAB (cut to 200 words)

[Tech-board-discuss] Nomination: Kent Overstreet on the TAB (cut to 200 words)

[Kent Overstreet]

Hi, I've been a long time kernel developer. Notable contributions include
bcache, bcachefs (upcoming), and core block layer and IO path work, and some
interesting data structures. These days, I mostly interact with other filesystem
and MM developers.

I became interested in kernel development over 20 years ago, when I learned that
there was this operating system that was developed by a team of volunteers
working together over the internet, out in the open - and that anyone could join
them and contribute, if they had the knowledge and skill - and especially, the
dedication. Reading LKML was my engineering education, much more than college
was.

My interest in the TAB is primarily in the area of learning to foster a better
development culture - more collaborative, more forward thinking. Encouraging
better communication, and also encouraging people to do the difficult but long
lasting work - the big cleanups, the rearchitecting of core data structures that
touch everything - the things that tend to be contentious in the short term (so
we shy away from them!) but often have big payoffs.

Thank you for your consideration,
Kent