What is Layer5 Writing Program?
The Layer5 Writing Program is a way to demonstrate your expertise, give back to the community, and help us produce great content. We collaborate with authors and technologists from around the world to produce high quality articles, blog posts, tutorials and other cloud native resources on Meshery, Kubernetes, CNCF, Docker and related technologies.
Why should you participate?
Improve your writing and
Publishing is a feedback-driven process that can help you understand your audience better, explain complex topics more clearly, and improve your overall communication skills. | |
Demonstrate your expertiseWriting about a topic is one of the best ways to learn it deeply and demonstrate your knowledge to others. | |
Grow your professional networkConnect with other writers, technologists, and community members who share your interests. |
Build your personal brandEstablish yourself as a thought leader in your field and build credibility. | |
Contribute to open sourceHelp the open source community grow by sharing your knowledge and experience. | |
Get recognizedPublished authors receive recognition through social media, community highlights, and contributor profiles. |
Where can you contribute?
We welcome the contribution of any type that shares knowledge about our projects or related technologies.
Do you want to document your recent effort in implementing a new feature? Do you want to share a solution for a problem you were struggling with? Do you want to share information about a recent technology you find intriguing? Want to host an event with Layer5? Want to deliver a talk, a workshop, or a tutorial? Just let us know.
What is the process?
If you're interested in the Layer5 Writing Program, please submit your content proposal to get started. Don't know where to start? We have plenty of topic suggestions for you.
Upon being accepted, you'll work with a coordinator on the content team to finalize your topic, develop an outline, and discuss submission details.
After your content is published, we'll help promote it across our social media channels and community platforms.
What are some suggested topics?
Here are some suggested topics to get you started. If you have an idea that isn't listed here or if you have any question, please let us know on our Discuss Forum / Slack Channel.
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DevOps/Observability/Kubernetes:
- Distributed Tracing in Context of Meshery's Architecture.
- One-stop Cloud Native Market Place - Meshery Catalog.
- Interpreting your Cloud Native Performance - SMP.
- Creating and Deploying your first application with Kanvas.
- Load generation and Load balancing.
- DevOps and Platform Engineering.
- Beginners guide to Meshmodel.
- Enhancing Microservices Observability with Meshery and Prometheus.
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Community:
- Building Bridges, Not Walls: The Power of Open Source Collaboration.
- A Deep Dive into Meshery's Contribution to Cloud Native Ecosystem.
- Open Source Sustainability: Funding Models for Long-Term GitHub Projects.
- Importance to an open source community.
- Beyond Code: The Unsung Heroes of Open Source - Documenters, Testers, and Designers.
- Open Source Alchemy: Transforming Community Contributions into Gold.
- Collaborative Open Source Development: Inside the Community of Layer5.
How to Submit and Review Your Writing?
The Writing Program offers writers two convenient ways to get their writings reviewed by Community. Whether you prefer working with Google Docs or contributing directly to the website, we've got you covered. This structured guide will walk you through both options, ensuring that your valuable content is reviewed effectively.
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Google Docs Review:
If you prefer a straightforward approach, start by crafting your blog article within Google Docs, ensuring it's well-structured and error-free. Share the document with us by adding it to the Community Drive, we will provide feedback directly within the Google Doc. Engage in discussions to refine your content collaboratively. Once thoroughly reviewed, prepare your submission according to community guidelines.
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Website Contribution Review:
For those comfortable with local website development, contribute directly to the community website. Set up your local environment, create a blog post adhering to specified guidelines, and submit it via a Pull Request on GitHub. Reviewers will provide feedback, and you'll refine your post collaboratively. Upon completion, maintainers will merge your blog post into the website repository, celebrating your contribution.
