Whitney Lee
@whitneylee.com
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Doin' it and doin' it and doin' it well
https://whitneylee.com/
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Code-level Telemetry Instrumentation: from "Oh Hell No" to "Worth It":
https://whitneylee.com/2025/10/30/codelevel-telemetry-instrumentation-from-oh.html
2 months ago
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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
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23 minutes ago
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Transformation, DevOps, Open Source, and Fast Food Operations, with Andrew Clay Shafer:
https://whitneylee.com/2026/01/06/transformation-devops-open-source-and.html
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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
about 1 hour ago
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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
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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
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4 days ago
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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
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5 days ago
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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
6 days ago
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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
7 days ago
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🌩️ Thunder:
Logging Operator: Multi-Tenant Kubernetes Logging
8 days ago
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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
11 days ago
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KubeCon North America:
The Questions Not Asked: A Critical Retrospective on Platform Engineering
12 days ago
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KubeCon North America:
Beyond the Dashboard: Modern Observability for Platform Engineering at Scale
13 days ago
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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
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14 days ago
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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
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15 days ago
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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
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18 days ago
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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
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19 days ago
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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
20 days ago
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Observability 2.0 with OpenTelemetry: Make Signals Work Together:
https://whitneylee.com/2025/12/17/observability-with-opentelemetry-make-signals.html
20 days ago
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Cloud Native Denmark: Panel: Navigating the Deep Waters of AI: Beyond Vanity Metrics
21 days ago
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[Keynote] Cloud Native Denmark: This Lying Has to Stop: Keeping AI Honest with OpenTelemetry
22 days ago
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Joining an early morning outing with the Durham chapter of the Feminist Bird Club
www.feministbirdclub.org
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23 days ago
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Short days & cozy nights
24 days ago
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MetalBear:
What Cloud Native Looked Like in 2025: A Community Recap
25 days ago
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Software Defined Interviews:
Whitney goes to KubeCon
26 days ago
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Software Defined Talk:
Whitney goes to KubeCon
27 days ago
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KubeFM:
From beginner’s mind to teaching Kubernetes: Learning in public and building community
28 days ago
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🌩️ Thunder:
Fluent Bit Explained: Data Pipelines for Observability
29 days ago
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DevOps Paradox:
KubeCon North America 2025 Review
about 1 month ago
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Software Defined Interviews:
Transformation, DevOps, Open Source, and Fast Food Operations, with Andrew Clay Shafer
about 1 month ago
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Observability Day:
How to Trust a Liar: Instrumenting AI Execution with OpenTelemetry
about 1 month ago
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Platform Engineering Day:
Let the Platform Build Itself: Using AI To Construct an Internal Developer Platform With CNCF Tools
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Whitney Lee
Edera
about 1 month ago
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
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Runtime Rumble: Quizmas Clash
Take a break from pretending to work and join special guest hosts Whitney Lee and Lewis Denham-Parry as we kick off a new holiday tradition with Edera.
https://edera.link/vev5bsky
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Cloud Native + Kubernetes AI Day:
This Lying Has to Stop: Keeping AI Honest with OpenTelemetry
about 1 month ago
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AI Tools Lab:
Real-Time Telemetry in Development: Using MCP and Datadog for AI-Assisted Coding
about 1 month ago
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eBook Contributor:
Kubernetes World: Finding Your Path in the Cloud Native Ecosystem
about 1 month ago
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CNCF Blog:
Code-Level Telemetry Instrumentation: From “Oh Hell No” to “Worth It”
about 1 month ago
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🌩️ Thunder:
Observability 2.0 with OpenTelemetry: Make Signals Work Together
about 1 month ago
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Personal Blog:
Code-Level Telemetry Instrumentation: From “Oh Hell No” to “Worth It”
about 1 month ago
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Software Defined Interviews:
The World Wide Web, Content, Work, Blogging Adventures, Short Videos, etc., with Russell Davies
about 1 month ago
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🌩️ Thunder:
Pixie: Instant Kubernetes Visibility with eBPF
about 1 month ago
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KCD UK:
Keynote Speaker Panel
about 1 month ago
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Cultivating My Own Quiet Corner of the Web:
https://whitneylee.com/2025/11/24/cultivating-my-own-quiet-corner.html
about 1 month ago
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LA KubeCon NA 2021! My first KubeCon! For me, this karaoke night was momentous - it was the inception of lifelong friendships!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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[Keynote] KCD UK:
This Lying Has to Stop: Keeping AI Honest with OpenTelemetry
about 1 month ago
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KubeCon Europe:
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Dignified Pursuit of a Developer Platform
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
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Where’s Whitney?
https://whitneylee.com/2025/11/18/wheres-whitney.html
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about 2 months ago
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Where’s Whitney?
https://whitneylee.com/2025/11/14/wheres-whitney.html
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about 2 months ago
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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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about 2 months ago
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