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Episode Description Today, we’re diving deep into the world of observability with David Wynn, a solution architect and expert with a 15-year tenure in cloud services and observability, particularly in the gaming industry. In this episode, we’re peeling back the layers of observability, differentiating it from traditional monitoring, and exploring the transformative role of AI in DevSecOps. David…
Episode Description More data does not mean better observability! Mel Delgado (Developer Advocate, DevNet) and David Wynn of EdgeDelta explore how to optimize, transform and customize MELT data at the edge before sending it to your observability platform such as AppDynamics, and many more. 0:00 Introduction 0:36 Learn more about EdgeDelta and it’s capabilities 1:39 Customize and transform data in…
Description OpenTelemetry has greatly impacted the observability landscape over the past few years. While it introduces an open standard for telemetry generation and collection, what is actually improving the lives of o11y teams? Join us for an in-depth chat with guests David Wynn, Austin Parker, Vijay Samuel, Nočnica Mellifera, and Iris Dyrmishi on the idea of how we can evolve existing…
Having been around the PKM block a few times, I’ve gone snipe hunting once or twice in the PKM space. Here are some pitfalls I’ve found. Importing Readwise Into BASB In the past, I’ve included importing Readwise comments in my implementations of BASB. It was often a pain to set up, created a lot of name conflicts when searching (which might be valuable to some, but wasn’t to me), had occasional…
The meat and potatoes of the series! The stuff you’ve probably been waiting for! Rather than dump the entirety of my init folder on you, I’ve opted to give a more narrative explanation of how the system came to be. If you are unclear about anything, please reach out on the socials and I’ll do my best to clarify. Reminder: I use the term BASB to refer to the solution we’re building in Org. I’m sure…
Spoiler alert, it’s NOT the parentheses. Why BASB in Org is Hard The big thing that makes Org Mode difficult for PKM is the same thing that makes it strong: it’s flexibility. In particular, the concept of a single note from BASB when translated to Org Mode is… unclear! You could have it be a single file. Or a single headline. Or only some headlines, which you could delineate by property or by tag…
To those who are emacs and Org mode curious, I’d like to give you a few things to consider about emacs and org mode. Be mindful, there are some dangerous opinions below. You can reach out on the socials if you want to challenge me on them. Reasons to Choose Emacs + Org The Basics It’s open source in the truest sense of the word It works on plain text files, a format you can bet on for the next 50…
Since this isn’t my first attempt at working with a PKM tool, I thought I would kick off this series by recapping the tools I’ve used thus far. Pre-2020… Org to Other Tools to Org Again My first attempt at using org mode was with a vanilla installation of emacs many many years ago… but it was a somewhat lackluster experience. In addition to having no idea what I was doing (and no community to ask…
You are not your lowest point. At any time, you can choose to change the path you’re on. Even right this second if you wish. You can’t change the past, but by the same token the past can’t dictate your next action. You do. Make it a good one.
When it comes to the Stoic virtue of Self-Control, our minds often turn to its most harsh form. Abstain from this. Cut off that. Completely avoid this. Abandon that. Often this advice has its merits. However, for those of us just starting on the Stoic journey, or who are working our way back from very ingrained habits, it’s worth remembering that scaling is also a valid approach to self-control.…
I find that Stoicism is a great philosophy for times of crisis. If you’re under pressure, dealing with a lot of expectations from a lot of people, or generally just having a rough go of things, I find the tenets and practices of Stoicism to be empowering, practical, and very useful in moving your life to a better place. That said, many adopt Stoicism in good times, including me. So I wanted to…
There are some open source projects that are plain, simple, and describe well what they do. curl is the classic example (along with most Linux utilities), but File Converter is another. It does what it does, it doesn’t do what it doesn’t. And then, there is Logseq. All I wanted to do is dynamically create some text from a javascript function that’s different every day. I feel this is doable in…
So Kev made a post about how Typora was the missing UI link in his static site blogging journey. https://kevquirk.com/my-static-site-workflow/ It got me thinking… can’t VSCode do all that? Is that the linchpin I’ve been missing in my blogging workflow? Time to see if I can recreate his process and tweak it for myself! Replicating Success Inserting links with a Keyboard Shortcut To quote Kev’s…
https://www.unofficialpartner.com/podcast/episode/79186e46/up288-esport-economics-the-in-game-ad-market Episode Description The market for in-game advertising and sponsorship is valued at around $8billion, and is predicted to more than double by the end of the decade. The audience is young, affluent and increasingly diverse, so it’s unsurprising that big brand names are seeking ways in to this…
It’s funny how some TODO systems are better suited for certain times and situations than others. Once upon a time I had a TODO system in Todoist with recurring tasks, reminders, views that only showed the shortly upcoming important tasks… a very programmed system. I’d moved away from it because it began to feel stifling, settling on something that was more akin to software development with a…
I’ve been following with interest all the drama around the leaked Open Gaming License revision. Copyright is one of those things you never really shake once it’s touched your life, and as one that was deep into the Anime Music Video community around the time of Napster and all those (early?) copyright wars it’s interesting to see another round of this. What I’m struggling with this time, is why…
I must admit when I first saw the trailer for this season, I thought “hard pass for me… not into horror.” That said, I couldn’t avoid seeing a YouTube short about how episode 3 was as crazy as episode 2 of Fantasy High, so I figured I had to give it a shot. At least on 2x speed. So far, I’ve come to appreciate a few things I didn’t expect, and I wanted to jot them down for anyone else that might…
https://www.bigmarker.com/VentureBeat/Build-inclusive-online-communities-at-scale-with-advanced-language-AI Description To create healthy online communities where people want to spend time, companies need better strategies for weeding out harmful posts. How do you break free of one-size-fits-all moderation techniques to stay ahead of harmful content and evolving language? Don’t miss this VB…
Getting into MOBA style games is a terrible habit, and no one should do it, ever. That said, as one who doesn’t take my own advice and who tried out the newly released Pokemon MOBA for a few hours today, I figured I would share my thoughts here. In short, there’s a lot that Pokemon Unite (PU) gets right. There’s also a lot that may or may not jive with fans of the genre. Let’s dive in. The Good…
As I was working on puling together a weekly review for myself and exploring what a CRM in Obsidian might look like, I had a realization that I think is worth repeating: Being “bad” in Obsidian and doing something “wrong” is the correct way to go about things. There are many systems out there that are more opinionated than what is essentially a wiki. There are plenty of project/productivity/graph…