Community infrastructure (Discord, Discussions, good-first-issues)

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Summary

Set up community infrastructure to support contributors and users.

Motivation

A growing open-source project needs channels for users to get help, report issues, and contribute. This drives organic growth and reduces maintainer burden.

Tasks

GitHub

• Enable GitHub Discussions on the repo
• Create discussion categories: Q&A, Ideas, Show & Tell, General
• Add "good first issue" labels to 5-10 approachable issues
• Add issue templates (bug report, feature request)
• Add PR template

Community Channel

• Create Discord server OR Slack workspace (Discord preferred for open source)
• Channels: #general, #help, #development, #announcements
• Link from README and CONTRIBUTING.md

Content

• Write blog post: "Why I built KubeRift" (personal story + technical decisions)
• Finalize LinkedIn article (already drafted in marketing/)
• Record 2-minute YouTube tour video (already have demo GIFs as base)
• Submit to: r/kubernetes, r/rust, r/devops, r/sysadmin

Developer Experience

• Add Makefile or just file with common dev commands
• Document development setup in CONTRIBUTING.md (already exists)
• Add CHANGELOG.md with keep-a-changelog format
• Pre-commit hooks for fmt + clippy

Acceptance Criteria

• GitHub Discussions enabled with categories
• At least 5 issues labeled "good first issue"
• Issue and PR templates added
• Community channel created and linked
• Blog post drafted
• CHANGELOG.md started