OpenTelemetry: what's a Collector and why would I want one?There have been several talks and numerous docs, but most people in tech probably haven't heard of the OpenTelemetry Collector. Let's fix that! OpenTelemetry (abbreviated "OTel") is a shared effort between the community and observability vendors to e...Feb 23, 2022·12 min read
observability 101: terminology and conceptsWhen I first started following Charity on Twitter back in early 2019, I was quickly overwhelmed by the new words and concepts she was discussing. I liked the results she described: faster debugging, less alert fatigue, happier users. Those are all th...Oct 6, 2020·8 min read
dns don't realLast month I renewed my shelbyspees.com domain on Namecheap, and I opted for the PremiumDNS feature as well. I wasn’t really sure what it was, but it sounded useful. That was the beginning of my downfall. How it started It was the Sunday before Labor...Sep 20, 2020·8 min read
observability can be a democratizing forcegive folks better tools and watch them do a great jobSep 16, 2020·3 min read
on looking professional with a certain body shape(This was originally a twitter thread. I've reformatted and slightly edited the thread for readability.) tw // body image , weight loss , weight gain , eating disorder , ed I've hesitated to talk about boob problems on here for obvious reasons but ...Sep 4, 2020·2 min read
