It is a new episode of the Software Defined Interviews podcast! Russell Davies has blogged for 20 years, made a TikTok every day for months, and written multiple books. When Coté and I asked how he stays so prolific, his answer surprised me: “I have quite low standards.”
Just a DIY holiday musical that merges the plot of Wiked with the characters from Lord of the Rings while critiquing capitalism and celebrating queerness!
Software Defined Interviews: The Octopus Organization, with Jana Werner
🌩️ Thunder: Managing Secrets in Configuration Files with SOPS
Edera: Cloud Native Quizmas Clash
Observability got bigger than “three pillars” and a dashboard. Observability 2.0 is about correlation, not merely collection, so teams can ask meaningful questions and get useful answers. In this Thunder episode, Whitney Lee and guest Adriana Villela discuss how the OpenTelemetry model aligns signals into one story across the software development lifecycle. They walk through a practical flow: instrument code first, let QA use telemetry (or ask for more), add trace-based testing for integration checks, and help SREs anchor SLIs/SLOs to traces so incidents stop feeling like needle-in-a-haystack hunts.
Cloud Native Denmark: Panel: Navigating the Deep Waters of AI: Beyond Vanity Metrics
[Keynote] Cloud Native Denmark: This Lying Has to Stop: Keeping AI Honest with OpenTelemetry
Joining an early morning outing with the Durham chapter of the Feminist Bird Club
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Short days & cozy nights
MetalBear: What Cloud Native Looked Like in 2025: A Community Recap
Software Defined Talk: Whitney goes to KubeCon
Software Defined Interviews: AI Tools Lab, conferences, devrel, with Jason Hand
KubeFM: From beginner’s mind to teaching Kubernetes: Learning in public and building community
DevOps Paradox: KubeCon North America 2025 Review
🌩️ Thunder: Logging Operator: Multi-Tenant Kubernetes Logging
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”