Changes in the core team

Dear community,

We want to let you know about a change in the team behind Kirby. After more than ten years, Sonja is leaving the core team and Content Folder GmbH & Co. KG. This is a decision we have made together and that feels right for everyone.

Sonja has been at the core of the Kirby community for many years. Her documentation introduced you to Kirby’s basics and detailed features. If something did not work out, she helped in the forum, and her Kosmos newsletter was the perfect aggregator for all community and webdev news.

We’ve worked together in an unusual team setup for a long time, and we’ve enjoyed it a lot. We founded our company with the goal to create a free space for us where we can play and have fun, be free but still find the right ways and drive to create a successful company together. Part of that is being honest with each other when things change, and accepting when it is time for a team to change, too.

Over the past year, we talked a lot about how our team and our roles were changing, and where we each wanted to go next. Those conversations led us to the decision we’re sharing with you now. After more than ten years of working together, it’s always sad to say goodbye, but we feel that this is the right step for everyone.

We will always be grateful for Sonja’s work, and especially how she shaped the way people became familiar with Kirby. And we know how many of you have told us over the years how much her help meant, at meetups and elsewhere.

We wish Sonja all the best for whatever comes next for her.

Farewell Sonja,

thanks for all the help over the years. You will be missed.

We wanted to get this personal announcement from the four of us out first, before getting into the practical consequences, but we should already cover this as well.

With Sonja’s departure, Lukas, Nico and I will continue to run the Content Folder GmbH & Co KG together. We can’t wait for the next steps for Kirby and are still very much in it for the long run.

We will definitely keep the Kosmos newsletter up. It has become such an important part of the community.

Of course, our docs and forum will also live on, be maintained and extended.

Ahmet (@ahmetbora) and Nathalie are here to help us with core development and marketing and while the Kirby Konf and v6 take priority at the moment, we are also already actively working on future plans for how to move forward together.

Good travels Sonja - thanks for all the work!

Sonja, sad to see You go! :cry:
Thanks so much for all Your help over the years!
All the best! :sun: