Let's Learn About the OpenTelemetry GenAI Normalizer
LLM observability with standardized OTel AI semantic conventions
Adriana Villela
A collection of my thoughts, work, and everything in-between.
Latest posts
I Can See Your Goose!
Making AAIF's Goose Observable with OpenTelemetry
Autonomous AI Software Development: Good Idea, or Bad Idea?
Exploring autonomous AI software development using Paperclip and BMAD
From Builder to Architect
The Senior Developer’s Survival Guide in the Age of AI
Let’s Learn About OTel Arrow Together
Learn how OpenTelemetry + Apache Arrow are a winning combination, and why
Let’s Learn About OTel Weaver Together
A high-level overview of OTel’s schema and policy enforcement tool
The Lazy DevRel’s Video Streaming Toolkit
Video streaming setup for those who want to up their game a tad
Standing on the Edge of Burnout and Trying Not to Fall
The reminder that we all need for our present and future selves
KubeCon EU 2026 Retrospective
Finding my people amidst a chaotic but fun week
My Thoughts on Vibe Coding Have Evolved
How using BMAD for vibe coding has opened my eyes
OpenTelemetry OpAMP for You and Me
The OTel OpAMP primer that we all desperately needed
What’s in My Travel Bag?
A DevRel’s Guide to Packing
Prompt-based reusable workflows for lazy developers
A solution LOOKING for a problem, or a solution FOR a problem?
We’re past the OpenTelemetry “Honeymoon Period”
My wishlist for OpenTelemetry in 2026
I Fought the Prompt, and I (Mostly) Won
How I stopped writing crappy AI prompts, and you can too!
Running Codename Goose in a Dev Container
Exploring prompt-based workflow orchestration with MCP servers and Goose
Switching to an OpenTelemetry Operator-managed Collector on Kubernetes
A hands-on approach featuring the OpenTelemetry Operator and OpenTelemetry Demo on Kubernetes
Querying OpenTelemetry Data with the Dynatrace MCP Server
A Natural Language Approach
Let’s Learn About MCP Together!
Unpacking Model Context Protocol and why it’s so frickin’ cool!
Let’s Learn How to Send Internal OTel Collector Telemetry to an Observability Backend
Configuring Your OTel Collector’s Internal Telemetry Endpoint
Let’s Learn About Horizontal Pod Autoscaling on the OpenTelemetry Collector
Configuring HPA on Collectors managed by the OpenTelemetry Operator
Storing All of Your Observability Signals in One Place Matters!
Going from “Swivel Chair” Observability to “Single Pane of Glass” Observability
The Truth About OpenTelemetry’s Vendor-Neutrality
Understanding what “vendor neutral” actually means for OpenTelemetry
Observe All The Things
The Importance of Making Data Accessible
Observability is a Team Sport
Why having an “Observability team” is a bad idea
KubeCon Europe 2025 Retrospective
Reflections from attending my SIXTH KubeCon
So You Built A Custom Collector with the OpenTelemetry Collector Builder…Now What?
Things nobody tells you when you build your own OTel Collector distribution
Multi-Architecture Builds Are Possible With Docker Compose…Kind Of
Workarounds of an Apple Silicon Mac user
The OpenTelemetry Demo Revisited (Again)
Sending OTel Demo Data to Dynatrace
The Humans of OpenTelemetry NA 2024
KubeCon North America 2024 Edition
Curious About How to Send OpenTelemetry Data to Dynatrace? So Was I!
OpenTelemetry Vendor Neutrality for the Win!
Running Dev Containers Locally with Podman and VSCode
Running Podman in a Docker World
KubeCon North America 2024 Retrospective
Reflections from attending my fifth KubeCon
From “I Don’t Know” to “Let Me Show You How”
Eight Lessons to Inspire You to Do Great Things
When Things Go Sideways: Troubleshooting the OpenTelemetry Operator
co-written with Reese Lee
I Will Remember You
A story about mental health and the journey to healing
That Time When KinD Stopped Working in GitHub Codespaces
Sh*t Happens, But You Deal…
What’s Your Superpower?
“What’s your superpower?” is a question that I usually ask when I interview job candidates, and if you follow Geeking Out Podcast, it’s…
Things I Learned About DevPod After Obsessing Over it for a Week
Running A Dev Container for the OpenTelemetry Demo with DevPod
Things I Learned from Creating a Dev Container for the OpenTelemetry Demo
Dev container gotchas that you might not have known
How to Run the OpenTelemetry Demo in GitHub Codespaces
Focus less on setup, and more on learning!
Tips for Troubleshooting the Target Allocator
What to do when your metrics aren’t being scraped by the OTel Operator’s Target Allocator
Sharing is Caring: How To Be A Good Open Source Citizen
Beyond blogging: give back to the open source community by contributing to docs!
Demystifying Observability 2.0
Fulfilling the promise of Observability
Beyond Platform Engineering
Engineering the Past, Hacking the Present, Transforming the Future
Happy Mother’s Day from a Working Mom in Tech
Reflections on the joys and challenges of being a working mom in tech
KubeHuddle Taught Me That It’s Okay to Be Smart and Hot
Lessons learned from atteding a tech conference that puts humans first
Things You Might Not Have Known About the OpenTelemetry Operator
An OTel Operator Q&A
Onboarding Doesn’t Have to Suck
Elevating Developer Onboarding with Platform Engineering
KubeCon Europe 2024 Retrospective
A week in Paris, and a lifetime of memories!