Hi, I'm Jan (fentas).

With over 25 years of professional experience as a Software Architect and DevOps Engineer, I've spent my career designing and building complex, mission-critical systems for corporate clients. This work has given me a deep understanding of the challenges developers and operators face at scale.

While I enjoy professional consulting, my true passion is creating high-quality, open-source software that everyone can use and learn from.

My Goal: More Open Source
The fundamental challenge for any independent developer is time. Every hour spent on client work is an hour that can't be dedicated to creating, maintaining, and supporting open-source projects.

My primary reason for seeking sponsorship is to solve this exact problem.

Your support is the most direct way to help me shift this balance. It allows me to reduce my reliance on consulting work and dedicate more of my professional time and energy to the open-source community.

What Your Sponsorship Enables
My focus for this dedicated open-source time is on the area I'm most passionate about: cloud-native operations and cluster management. Your sponsorship will allow me to:

Build & Maintain Tools: Create and support robust open-source solutions for Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and other cluster management systems.

Share My Expertise: Write high-quality documentation, in-depth tutorials, and articles based on my professional experience with large-scale operational challenges.

Foster Community: Spend more time engaging with users, reviewing contributions, and providing support for the projects I maintain.

By sponsoring me, you are directly investing in the creation of more professional-grade, freely-available software for the entire community. You are helping me make open source my primary focus.

Thank you for your support.