Meet the Dagger Commanders
Who Are Dagger Commanders?
Once a year, we select a small group of Daggernauts to represent Dagger in other communities, build bridges between the Dagger team and all Daggernauts, and lead by example in our own community.
In "Star Trek," the title of Commander is given to highly skilled officers who not only excel in their duties but also lead by example, guiding their crew and making critical decisions that shape the future of their missions. They are trusted leaders and advisors and strong advocates for the values of the Federation. We think this captures the spirit of this program perfectly. Dagger Commanders are not only Dagger experts: they lead, support and inspire others. They will play a pivotal role in advancing our shared goals. Just like in Star Trek, they are the backbone of our mission, and with their help we will explore many new frontiers together.
Commander Perks
Visibility and Recognition
Commanders are recognized as Dagger experts and pioneers in the tech community with a special role on Discord, and gain access to exclusive events
One-of-a-kind Dagger Swag
Commanders get our iconic Commander jackets and the custom patch for each Commander batch year
Amplify Budget
Dagger supports Commanders who speak at external events, covering eligible expenses and providing other logistical support where appropriate
Access and Influence
Commanders are integrated into the release process with the ability to provide early feedback before releases are out, and join periodic calls with the Dagger team to discuss roadmaps and provide feedback
Commander Requirements
- Highly knowledgeable about Dagger - recognized expertise in the Dagger tech and able to articulate the benefits and vision behind Dagger
- Have built an open-source module, Daggerized an open-source project, and/or is an active user of Dagger within their organization
- Technical and direct in tone, not "salesy"
- Do not come across to other community members as pushing another product, service offering, or agenda
- Regularly produce technical content for the community such as presenting on community calls or contributing a blog post (at least once every six months)
- Represent Dagger at public events such as meetups or industry events (at least once every six months)
- Actively help other Daggernauts on public forums
- Provide feedback on Dagger features and releases
- Be a model Daggernaut: respect our code of conduct, especially when critical of Dagger or defending Dagger against others' criticism; remain respectful, constructive, and fair
Meet our 2024 Dagger Commanders
Learn more about each of our Commanders here, or say hi to them on Discord.
Ali Akca
Freelancer/Consultant
Discord: .aweris
What excites you most about Dagger?
“The flexibility and modules”
Diego Ciangottini
Technologist, INFN
Discord: dciangot
What excites you most about Dagger?
“Dagger provides reproducibility for DAGs. In the science field, we work with many DAGs, and we love having our workflows be reproducible everywhere.”
Paul Dragoonis
CTO, ByteHire
Discord: pauldragoonis
What excites you most about Dagger?
“Being part of a team with the same mission and goals in the CI/CD space”
Peter Jausovec
Senior Principal Platform Advocate, solo.io
Discord: .peterj
What excites you most about Dagger?
“The ability to write the CI/CD workflows as Dagger functions and test & run them locally.”
Patrick Magee
Engineeering Lead, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Discord: delegate_
What excites you most about Dagger?
“Treating CI/CD like most software that people develop that can run anywhere, not a locked proprietary platform with their own DSL”
Nipuna Perera
Director of Cloud Engineering, Fidelity Investments
Discord: mangocrysis
What excites you most about Dagger?
“The team behind Dagger. The engineers working on maintaining Dagger are some of the smartest and most talented folks I've come across.”
Emmanuel Sibanda
Founder, Software Engineer, AdAlchemyAI
Discord: emmzw
What excites you most about Dagger?
“Being able to run a Dagger pipeline from anywhere”
Batuhan Apaydın
Platform Engineer, Trendyol
Discord: developerguy
What excites you most about Dagger?
“Writing code to design CI/CD pipelines feels amazing!”
Thanabodee Charoenpiriyakij
Software Engineer, LINE Company
Discord: wingyplus
What excites you most about Dagger?
“The first one is Terminal UI (TUI) - you can move the cursor, focus and increase/decrease verbosity to spot your problems. The second is the interactive terminal, where you can intercept your pipeline.”
Kasper Juul Hermansen
Platform Engineer, Lunar
Discord: kjuulh
What excites you most about Dagger?
“Programmatic pipelines and deployments on top of Docker enables a host of possibilities that have been out of reach before Dagger.”
Márk Sági-Kazár
Cloud Native Ambassador
Discord: sagikazarmark
What excites you most about Dagger?
“For the past ten years, I've continuously researched ways to improve developer productivity and efficiency. I can honestly say that Dagger is the next step in the evolution of building and shipping software.”
Kambui Nurse
Staff Engineer
Discord: siafu7795
What excites you most about Dagger?
“I'm most excited about pairing Dagger with AI applications and agentic workflows.”
Nuno Ribeiro
DevOps Engineer, Cleva Solutions
Discord: nfr_ribeiro
What excites you most about Dagger?
“Running pipelines as code, and of course, no more Push and Pray!”
Jean-Christophe Sirot
Staff Engineer, Decathlon
Discord: jice_
What excites you most about Dagger?
“For me, Dagger addresses common issues encountered when designing workflows: CI/CD pipeline development is time-consuming and complex to test.”
How it works
Commanders are selected for 12 month rotations, or "batches". To nominate someone for the 2025 batch, fill out the form below! (Yes, you can nominate yourself)
Nominate a Daggernaut
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