AI Tools Lab: Real-Time Telemetry in Development: Using MCP and Datadog for AI-Assisted Coding

MetalBear: What Cloud Native Looked Like in 2025: A Community Recap

eBook Contributor: Kubernetes World: Finding Your Path in the Cloud Native Ecosystem

CNCF Blog: Code-Level Telemetry Instrumentation: From “Oh Hell No” to “Worth It”

🌩️ Thunder: Observability 2.0 with OpenTelemetry: Make Signals Work Together

Personal Blog: Code-Level Telemetry Instrumentation: From “Oh Hell No” to “Worth It”

Software Defined Interviews: The World Wide Web, Content, Work, Blogging Adventures, Short Videos, etc., with Russell Davies

🌩️ Thunder: Pixie: Instant Kubernetes Visibility with eBPF

Software Defined Interviews: Whitney goes to KubeCon

KCD UK: Keynote Speaker Panel

Cultivating My Own Quiet Corner of the Web

I love co-hosting the Software Defined Interviews podcast. Not only do I get to meet super cool people, but it’s a social situation where I’m allowed to ask prying questions. (◠‿・)—☆ This episode with Manton Reece, about micro.blog and digital journaling, affected me deeply. The idea of the IndieWeb resonates with me. I didn’t realize that I was craving a quiet digital space where cool people simply share cool stuff, with no public follower counts or ‘likes’ on posts, only genuine interaction.

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[Keynote] KCD UK: This Lying Has to Stop: Keeping AI Honest with OpenTelemetry

KubeCon Europe: Choose Your Own Adventure: The Dignified Pursuit of a Developer Platform

Software Defined Talk: Whitney goes to KubeCon

KubeFM: From beginner’s mind to teaching Kubernetes: Learning in public and building community

I’m still reminiscing about how wonderful KubeCon was ♫

Finished reading: Heartstopper #2: A Graphic Novel by Alice Oseman 📚

🌩️ Thunder: Fluent Bit Explained: Data Pipelines for Observability

DevOps Paradox: KubeCon North America 2025 Review