OpenObservability Talks

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Decoding .NET8: Unveiling Cloud-Native Observability - OpenObservability Talks S4E09
February 29, 2024

The .NET programming language is taking cloud native deployment and observability seriously, and most notably with the recent announcement of .NET Aspire stack unveiled at the recent .NET Conf 2023.In this episode, we reviewed the open source maintainer

Scaling Platform Engineering: Shopify’s Blueprint - OpenObservability Talks S4E08
January 25, 2024

In this episode, join us as we delve into the intricate world of Platform Engineering with Aparna Subramanian, Director of Production Engineering at Shopify. Discover how Shopify, a powerhouse in e-commerce, masters the art of scaling platform engineering

Kubernetes and Beyond: A Year-End Reflection with Kelsey Hightower - OpenObservability Talks S4E07
December 21, 2023

In this special episode we wrapped up the year 2023 with none other than the cloud-native maestro, Kelsey Hightower! We looked into the highs and lows of the tech landscape, exploring Kelsey's insights on containerization and beyond. Tune in as we unr

KubeCon NA Highlights and Istio Spotlight with Lin Sun - OpenObservability Talks S4E06
November 30, 2023

Have you missed KubeCon North America in Chicago? This ones for you! In this episode, we explored the latest and greatest highlights from the event that every tech enthusiast is talking about. From cutting-edge innovations to industry insights, we've

PromCon Recap: Unveiling Perses and Prometheus Ecosystem Updates - OpenObservability Talks S4E05
October 31, 2023

PromCon, the flagship yearly event of the Prometheus community, took place in Berlin 28-29 September 2023, and were here to bring you the highlights from the Prometheus ecosystem, including the pivotal decision on Prometheus 3.0! Brace yourselves for som

Continuous Observability: Shedding Light on CI/CD Pipelines - OpenObservability Talks S4E02
October 31, 2023

DevOps is not just about operating the software in production, but also about releasing that software to production. Well-functioning CI/CD pipelines are critical for the business, and this calls for quality observability, to handle broken and flaky pipel

Terraform is no longer open source. Is OpenTofu the successor? - OpenObservability Talks S4E04
September 21, 2023

Terraform is no longer open source. This is the news we got last month (August 2023), when HashiCorp announced its decision to relicense its open source tools, including Terraform, Vault, Packer, Consul, Vagrant and others, into Business Source License 1.

What's New with Fluentd & Fluent Bit - OpenObservability Talks S4E03
August 31, 2023

Fluentd and Fluent Bit are two highly popular open source projects for data collection and log forwarding in the realm of observability. Fluentd's flexibility and scalability have led to seamless integration with diverse applications and data sources,

​​eBay’s Journey to Planet-Scale Observability with Open Source - OpenObservability Talks S4E01
June 29, 2023

eBay is a high scale end user of open source observability. Collecting telemetry from millions of endpoints, and running thousands of queries per second, presents serious scaling challenges. eBay has chosen to use an open source stack to meet those challe

From Spotify to Open Source: The Backstory of Backstage - OpenObservability Talks S3E12
May 31, 2023

With over 1,000 companies using it and 21.5K+ stars on GitHub, the Backstage open source project is quickly becoming a go-to tool for managing developer infrastructure. In this episode, Ill sit down with Lee Mills, a Senior Engineering Manager from Spoti