Fluent Bit was designed for tiny IoT devices with barely any memory. Why did cloud native teams running massive Kubernetes clusters adopt it instead? @edsiper.bsky.social explains in this 🌩️ Thunder episode: youtu.be/t6RxvVGvM7Q #FluentBit #IoT #Observability #CloudNative #CNCF #Kubernetes

Transformation, DevOps, Open Source, and Fast Food Operations, with Andrew Clay Shafer: https://whitneylee.com/2026/01/06/transformation-devops-open-source-and.html

Why do DevOps transformations keep failing even when the solutions are well documented? @littleidea.bsky.social has a theory, and it has to do with how people learn languages. How do the two ideas relate? Have a listen: softwaredefinedinterviews.com/113

What happens when Fluent Bit's built-in functionality isn't enough for your use case? The plugin architecture lets you extend your pipeline with custom logic — including Lua scripts — right out of the box. @edsiper.bsky.social explains in this 🌩️ Thunder episode: youtu.be/t6RxvVGvM7Q

12 years ago, collecting logs from different sources meant dealing with incompatible formats everywhere. How did we get from that chaos to the unified pipelines we have today? @edsiper.bsky.social shares Fluentd's origin story in this 🌩️ Thunder episode: youtu.be/t6RxvVGvM7Q #Fluentd #FluentBit

If Fluent Bit and OpenTelemetry Collector both collect, process, and export telemetry data, when should you reach for one over the other? @edsiper.bsky.social explains in this 🌩️ Thunder episode: youtu.be/t6RxvVGvM7Q #FluentBit #OpenTelemetry #Observability #CloudNative #CNCF

In this episode of 🌩️ Thunder, @edsiper.bsky.social, creator of Fluent Bit, walks through the project's evolution. We also discuss Fluent Bit's plugin architecture, and when to use it vs OpenTelemetry Collector. Fun! Watch now→ youtu.be/t6RxvVGvM7Q

Some people create constantly. What's their secret? When @cote.io and I asked how our guest Russell Davies stays so prolific, his answer surprised me: "I have quite low standards." Yet, by any measure, Davies has a wildly successful career. Listen and learn: softwaredefinedinterviews.com/112

🌩️ Thunder: Logging Operator: Multi-Tenant Kubernetes Logging

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! terrorpigeon.us

KubeCon North America: The Questions Not Asked: A Critical Retrospective on Platform Engineering

KubeCon North America: Beyond the Dashboard: Modern Observability for Platform Engineering at Scale

How has observability evolved since the days of the three pillars, and what does that change unlock? Watch the full 🌩️ Thunder episode with @adrianamvillela.bsky.social: youtu.be/OiOm2DeoqT0 #Observability #OpenTelemetry #Tracing #SRE

What does it mean to implement OpenTelemetry? There are so many moving parts! Watch the full 🌩️ Thunder episode with @adrianamvillela.bsky.social: youtu.be/OiOm2DeoqT0 #Observability #OpenTelemetry #Tracing #SRE

If CI/CD pipelines are code, why wouldn’t they be observable too? Watch the full 🌩️ Thunder episode with @adrianamvillela.bsky.social: youtu.be/OiOm2DeoqT0 #Observability #OpenTelemetry #CICD #Tracing

If observability is about asking meaningful questions, why did logs, metrics, and traces end up feeling so disconnected? Watch the full 🌩️ Thunder episode with @adrianamvillela.bsky.social: youtu.be/OiOm2DeoqT0 #Observability #OpenTelemetry #Tracing #SRE

In this 14-minute 🌩 Thunder, @adrianamvillela.bsky.social talks through why correlation matters more than mere collection, and how to design your observability so that QA, devs, and SREs all have the observability that they need. Watch the Thunder episode: youtu.be/OiOm2DeoqT0

Observability 2.0 with OpenTelemetry: Make Signals Work Together: https://whitneylee.com/2025/12/17/observability-with-opentelemetry-make-signals.html

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 www.feministbirdclub.org ˂⁽ˈ₍ ⁾˲₎₌

Short days & cozy nights

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

Software Defined Interviews: Whitney goes to KubeCon

Software Defined Talk: Whitney goes to KubeCon

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

🌩️ Thunder: Fluent Bit Explained: Data Pipelines for Observability

DevOps Paradox: KubeCon North America 2025 Review

Software Defined Interviews: Transformation, DevOps, Open Source, and Fast Food Operations, with Andrew Clay Shafer

Observability Day: How to Trust a Liar: Instrumenting AI Execution with OpenTelemetry

Platform Engineering Day: Let the Platform Build Itself: Using AI To Construct an Internal Developer Platform With CNCF Tools

We're kicking off a new end-of-year tradition: Introducing Runtime Rumble: The Quizmas Clash. A holiday quiz event built for people who care about infrastructure, security, and a bit of chaos. Join co-hosts @denhamparry.co.uk and @whitneylee.com on December 18th: edera.link/vev5bsky

Cloud Native + Kubernetes AI Day: This Lying Has to Stop: Keeping AI Honest with OpenTelemetry

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

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

KCD UK: Keynote Speaker Panel

Cultivating My Own Quiet Corner of the Web: https://whitneylee.com/2025/11/24/cultivating-my-own-quiet-corner.html

LA KubeCon NA 2021! My first KubeCon! For me, this karaoke night was momentous - it was the inception of lifelong friendships!

[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

Where’s Whitney? https://whitneylee.com/2025/11/18/wheres-whitney.html

Where’s Whitney? https://whitneylee.com/2025/11/14/wheres-whitney.html

The KubeCon afterparties were a blast, but the highlight of my night was when Milad Vafaeifard taught me a bit of sign language!

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