Torin Sindall is the VP of Open Source for Styra/Open Policy Agent. OPA is a recently graduated CNCF project that provides Policy-based control for cloud native environments. Torin and i discuss his journey along with a deep dive on OPA and its usage. We also take questions from the twitterverse Torin is a fantastic leader in our Open Source Community and this episode really highlights how incredible he and OPA are!
Torin Sindall is the VP of Open Source for Styra/Open Policy Agent. OPA is a recently graduated CNCF project that provides Policy-based control for cloud native environments. Torin and i discuss his journey along with a deep dive on OPA and its usage. We also take questions from the twitterverse
Torin is a fantastic leader in our Open Source Community and this episode really highlights how incredible he and OPA are!
Timeline/Topic
00:00 - Opening
00:35 - Intro to Torin Sandall
01:10 - Torin's Journey
02:32 - What is OPA and why would i need it?
04:19 - The Adoption of OPA - What would Torin credit it to?
10:07 - Pod Security Policy Deprecation and how OPA can assist you.
14:19 - Contributing to OPA and the OPA Community.
18:39 - Differences between Styra and OPA
21:33 - Twitter Questions
32:34 - What work is Torin most proud of?
Episode Links
https://www.openpolicyagent.org/
https://play.openpolicyagent.org/
https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
https://www.styra.com/
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