# just in time (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover just in time. Page: Feed: --- ## [Let's Learn About the OpenTelemetry GenAI Normalizer](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/otel-gen-ai-normalizer/) _2026-08-12 · Adriana Villela_ LLM observability with standardized OTel AI semantic conventions ## [I Can See Your Goose!](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/goose-with-otel/) _2026-07-24 · Adriana Villela_ Making AAIF's Goose Observable with OpenTelemetry ## [Plan 9: Dynamic HTML](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2026/07/plan-9-dynamic-html.html) _2026-07-08 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Render Dynamic HTML using plot and qjs. Render a simple website Font zoom E-Book Reader eBook is a collection of HTML files in a ZIP archive. Follow same steps for Comic Book reader which are collection of JPG/PNG images in a ZIP/RAR archive. For columns, pure HTML solution involves column-count CSS property. However, this works only for designed screen sizes. For non-standard sizes, the first… ## [Plan 9 Plumber](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2026/06/plan-9-plumber.html) _2026-06-29 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Plumb Zip file View files inside a zip compressed file via Plumber without extraction. Zip file contents are accessible at /n/tapefs. (Note: sam displays the UTF Byte-Order-Mark (BOM) as is - the garbage in the beginning of the first line). #zip file content in a new window type is text data matches '(\[a-zA-Z¡-ï¿¿0-9\_\\-.,/\]+)\\.zip' arg isfile $0 plumb start window fs/zipfs $file; cd /n/tapefs;… ## [Plan 9 Plumber](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2026/06/plan-9-plumber.html) _2026-06-29 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Plumb Zip file View files inside a zip compressed file via Plumber without extraction. Zip file contents are accessible at /n/tapefs. (Note: sam displays the UTF Byte-Order-Mark (BOM) as is - the garbage in the beginning of the first line). #zip file content in a new window type is text data matches '(\[a-zA-Z¡-ï¿¿0-9\_\\-.,/\]+)\\.zip' arg isfile $0 plumb start window fs/zipfs $file; cd /n/tapefs;… ## [Autonomous AI Software Development: Good Idea, or Bad Idea?](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/the-great-autonomous-ai-experiment/) _2026-06-25 · Adriana Villela_ Exploring autonomous AI software development using Paperclip and BMAD ## [Plan 9: Tiled Map](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2026/06/plan-9-tiled-map.html) _2026-06-23 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Use plot(1) to display tiled maps. The zoom factor decides the grid dimension. osm.js: Download tile images from OpenStreetMaps using hget. Cache the images. Convert the PNG image into Plan 9 format using png. Display the images using plot. Plot script ra 0 0 200 200 m 0 100 im /file :Note - must end the script with a newline Plot tries to center the drawing. Hence the origin is at the bottom with… ## [Two Indexed Hash Tables](https://vnmakarov.github.io/data%20structures/c/c++/open-source/2026/06/23/two-indexed-hash-tables.html) _2026-06-23 · Vladimir Makarov · Vladimir Makarov_ Two Indexed Hash Tables ## [From Builder to Architect](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/from-builder-to-architect/) _2026-05-28 · Adriana Villela_ The Senior Developer’s Survival Guide in the Age of AI ## [Let’s Learn About OTel Arrow Together](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/let-s-learn-about-otel-arrow-together/) _2026-05-11 · Adriana Villela_ Learn how OpenTelemetry + Apache Arrow are a winning combination, and why ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CIzBsfBMw92l) _2026-05-10 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [Let’s Learn About OTel Weaver Together](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/let-s-learn-about-otel-weaver-together/) _2026-05-06 · Adriana Villela_ A high-level overview of OTel’s schema and policy enforcement tool ## [Browser in Javascript](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2026/05/browser-in-javascript.html) _2026-05-04 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ A Proof-of-Concept Browser written in Javascript for minimal Web 2.0 browsing experience. This DOES NOT depend on any browser engine like Blink, Gecko or Webkit. Use an existing HTML rendering engine like netsurf or roll-out your own . This uses QuickJS-ng for JS runtime, Linkedom for DOM API and curl for network downloads. Font decoration uses Terminal ANSI escape codes . Since linkedom is an npm… ## [Browser in Javascript](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2026/05/browser-in-javascript.html) _2026-05-04 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ A Proof-of-Concept Browser written in Javascript for minimal Web 2.0 browsing experience. This DOES NOT depend on any browser engine like Blink, Gecko or Webkit. Use an existing HTML rendering engine like netsurf or roll-out your own . This uses QuickJS-ng for JS runtime, Linkedom for DOM API and curl for network downloads. Font decoration uses Terminal ANSI escape codes . Since linkedom is an npm… ## [The Lazy DevRel’s Video Streaming Toolkit](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/the-lazy-devrel-s-video-streaming-toolkit/) _2026-04-30 · Adriana Villela_ Video streaming setup for those who want to up their game a tad ## [Gecko: a fast GLR parser with automatic syntax error recovery](https://vnmakarov.github.io/parsing/compilers/c/open-source/2026/04/22/gecko-glr.html) _2026-04-22 · Vladimir Makarov · Vladimir Makarov_ Gecko: A Fast, Standalone GLR Parser Library in C ## [Standing on the Edge of Burnout and Trying Not to Fall](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/standing-on-the-edge-of-burnout-and-trying-not-to-fall/) _2026-04-15 · Adriana Villela_ The reminder that we all need for our present and future selves ## [Plan 9: Network Printer (HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 3545)](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2026/03/httpslifeofpenguin.blogspot.com202603plan-9-network-printer-hp-deskjet-3545.html) _2026-03-31 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Internet Printing Protocol Printing with Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) involves sending a Unirast Format (URF) image with appropriate protocol headers to port 631. It is the basis for standards like Windows Mopria Alliance , Apple AirPrint , and IPP Everywhere . It is also called Driverless Printing since this doesn't involve installing any printer specific driver. On Plan 9, printing involves… ## [KubeCon EU 2026 Retrospective](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/kubecon-eu-2026-retrospective/) _2026-03-27 · Adriana Villela_ Finding my people amidst a chaotic but fun week ## [Plan 9: Audio-Video Pipeline](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2026/03/plan-9-audio-video-pipeline.html) _2026-03-04 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Video pipeline in action Two important points about videos: A video is a series of images. RGB format is used for display. YUV format is used for storage and transmission. Recording ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── \[Video Source\] → \[Frame Processing\] → \[Video Encode\] ┐ ├→ \[Mux\] → \[Container Stream\] \[Audio Source\] → \[Audio Processing\] → \[Audio Encode\] ┘ Playback… ## [My Thoughts on Vibe Coding Have Evolved](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/my-thoughts-on-vibe-coding-have-evolved/) _2026-03-02 · Adriana Villela_ How using BMAD for vibe coding has opened my eyes ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MXduQtiUrVLK) _2026-03-01 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [Plan 9: Real Time Streaming](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2026/02/plan-9-real-time-streaming.html) _2026-02-14 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Stream a single window or the whole screen via Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP). This uses MJPEG stream over TCP-interleave . Plan 9 /dev/screen and /dev/window produces RGBA byte stream with Plan 9 headers. This is converted to JPEG using tojpg and streamed using RTSP. In the video, host port 12554 port is being forwarded to 554 in the Plan 9 VM. ffplay -rtsp\_transport tcp… ## [Plan 9: WiFi Protected Setup](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2026/02/plan-9-wifi-protected-setup.html) _2026-02-04 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Demo of Wifi router connection using WiFi Protected Setup (WPS). WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) allows you to connect to an Access Point (router) via Push Button Control (PBC) or a temporary PIN. Authentication Flow Direction Message / Contents Phase / Purpose Supplicant → AP Authentication Request 802.11 Authentication Supplicant ← AP Authentication Response Supplicant → AP Association Request 802.11… ## [OpenTelemetry OpAMP for You and Me](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/opentelemetry-opamp-for-you-and-me/) _2026-01-31 · Adriana Villela_ The OTel OpAMP primer that we all desperately needed ## [What’s in My Travel Bag?](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/what-s-in-my-travel-bag/) _2025-12-29 · Adriana Villela_ A DevRel’s Guide to Packing ## [Prompt-based reusable workflows for lazy developers](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/prompt-based-reusable-workflows-for-lazy-developers/) _2025-12-22 · Adriana Villela_ A solution LOOKING for a problem, or a solution FOR a problem? ## [Plan 9: Share Media Content with TV via UPnP](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2025/12/plan-9-share-media-content-with-tv-via.html) _2025-12-16 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Share media content with UPnP / DLNA capable players. This is a proof-of-concept of network programming (TCP and UDP) in Plan 9. For information, man udp is a useful place to get started. Device Quirks VLC VLC looks for "urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ContentDirectory:1" instead of "urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaServer:1" during M-SEARCH. LG WebOS TV LG WebOS TV needs the services… ## [Plan 9: Password Management](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2025/12/plan-9-password-management.html) _2025-12-15 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ An authentication server manages users credentials in a Plan 9 grid. However, if you are just getting started, probably it would be a better idea to directly use factotum for managing credentials for various services. Create a file keys with the following content. key proto=pass service= ftp server=10.0.2.2 user=anand !password=\ key proto= wpapsk service= wpa essid=Tomato24… ## [We’re past the OpenTelemetry “Honeymoon Period”](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/we-re-past-the-opentelemetry-honeymoon-period/) _2025-12-12 · Adriana Villela_ My wishlist for OpenTelemetry in 2026 ## [Plan 9: Intel Wireless 3165](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2025/12/plan-9-intel-wireless-3165.html) _2025-12-11 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Intel Wireless 3165 internal PCI card works with Plan 9. You'll need firmware blob /lib/firmware/ iwlwifi-7265D-29 .ucode from Linux as /lib/firmware/ iwlwifi-7265D-29 in Plan 9. Detect hardware on Linux lspci -nn 02:00.0 Network controller \[0280\]: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 \[ 8086:3165 \] (rev 81) # slot\_info=0000:02:00.0 # vendor\_id=8086 # device\_code=3165 Detect firmware on Linux sudo dmesg… ## [Plan 9: Quick Boot with UEFI](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2025/12/plan-9-quick-boot-with-uefi.html) _2025-12-05 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ UEFI ( Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) provides a quick way to set up a Plan 9 terminal on modern hardware . EFI System Partition (ESP) is a FAT32 partition. You should be able to modify it in most of the operating systems. Run mk in /sys/src/boot/efi . aux/aout2efi converts an a.out file to an EFI executable. For x86\_64 hardware, copy over the files bootx64.efi (EFI application) , 9pc64… ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hizJO3nBtPxa) _2025-12-05 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [MUM-based hash functions](https://vnmakarov.github.io/performance/optimization/2025/11/25/mum-based-hash-functions.html) _2025-11-25 · Vladimir Makarov · Vladimir Makarov_ I have had a long-standing interest in hash functions. This interest naturally grew out of my 40 years of work on compilers and various programming language processors. The reason is simple: the most efficient universal search–insert-delete data structure in compilers is the hash table. Although hash table can have a quadratic complexity in the worst case, in practice it outperforms any n\*long(n)… ## [I Fought the Prompt, and I (Mostly) Won](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/i-fought-the-prompt-and-i-mostly-won/) _2025-11-12 · Adriana Villela_ How I stopped writing crappy AI prompts, and you can too! ## [Running Codename Goose in a Dev Container](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/running-codename-goose-in-a-dev-container/) _2025-10-03 · Adriana Villela_ Exploring prompt-based workflow orchestration with MCP servers and Goose ## [Lisp on Plan 9](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2025/09/lisp-on-plan-9.html) _2025-09-27 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Compile and run Tinylisp in under 2 minutes on Plan 9 ( 9front ). Both are modified versions. Code https://gitlab.com/atamariya/tinylisp (plan9 branch) https://gitlab.com/atamariya/plan9front (dev branch) ## [Lisp on Plan 9](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2025/09/lisp-on-plan-9.html) _2025-09-27 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Compile and run Tinylisp in under 2 minutes on Plan 9 ( 9front ). Both are modified versions. Code https://gitlab.com/atamariya/tinylisp (plan9 branch) https://gitlab.com/atamariya/plan9front (dev branch) ## [Switching to an OpenTelemetry Operator-managed Collector on Kubernetes](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/switching-to-an-opentelemetry-operator-managed-collector-on-kubernetes/) _2025-07-10 · Adriana Villela_ A hands-on approach featuring the OpenTelemetry Operator and OpenTelemetry Demo on Kubernetes ## [Plan 9 : The Infinity Notebook](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2025/06/plan-9-keybindings.html) _2025-07-01 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Plan 9 is an Operating System (OS) from Bell Labs which is a successor to UNIX. It builds on the learnings from the previous Operating systems. Network computing and graphics is an integral part of the OS rather than an afterthought. It is modular and portable - it comes with a cross compiler . It is available, under MIT License , which anybody can use, learn and tweak. Features Everything is a… ## [Plan 9 Remote File Access from Emacs](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2025/06/plan-9-remote-file-access-from-emacs.html) _2025-06-12 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Plan 9 Operating System uses 9p protocol for file access. This is an Elisp implementation of the protocol. Plan 9 ( 9front distribution) is running in QEMU with NAT networking. Local port 12564 is forwarded to 9fs service port 564 in the virtual machine. Code https://gitlab.com/atamariya/emacs/-/blob/dev/lisp/net/plan9.el Troubleshooting Plan 9 connection Ensure you are booting with -a tcp!\*!564… ## [Querying OpenTelemetry Data with the Dynatrace MCP Server](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/querying-opentelemetry-data-with-the-dynatrace-mcp-server/) _2025-06-11 · Adriana Villela_ A Natural Language Approach ## [Let’s Learn About MCP Together!](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/let-s-learn-about-mcp-together/) _2025-06-06 · Adriana Villela_ 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](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/let-s-learn-how-to-send-internal-otel-collector-telemetry-to-an-observability-backend/) _2025-05-31 · Adriana Villela_ Configuring Your OTel Collector’s Internal Telemetry Endpoint ## [Let’s Learn About Horizontal Pod Autoscaling on the OpenTelemetry Collector](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/let-s-learn-about-horizontal-pod-autoscaling-on-the-opentelemetry-collector/) _2025-05-24 · Adriana Villela_ Configuring HPA on Collectors managed by the OpenTelemetry Operator ## [Storing All of Your Observability Signals in One Place Matters!](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/storing-all-of-your-observability-signals-in-one-place-matters/) _2025-05-09 · Adriana Villela_ Going from “Swivel Chair” Observability to “Single Pane of Glass” Observability ## [The Truth About OpenTelemetry’s Vendor-Neutrality](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/the-truth-about-opentelemetry-s-vendor-neutrality/) _2025-05-05 · Adriana Villela_ Understanding what “vendor neutral” actually means for OpenTelemetry ## [Observe All The Things](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/observe-all-the-things/) _2025-04-25 · Adriana Villela_ The Importance of Making Data Accessible ## [Observability is a Team Sport](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/observability-is-a-team-sport/) _2025-04-23 · Adriana Villela_ Why having an “Observability team” is a bad idea ## [Emacs: Binary File Viewer](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2025/04/emacs-binary-file-viewer.html) _2025-04-21 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Quick visualization tool for Binary data using C header definition. Semantic parses the C header file and generates a type definition. The type definition is passed to bindat-unpack along with the binary data. The result is displayed using speedbar . ;; Note: The command works on the binary data in the current buffer. M-x hexl-form (hexl-form) The image shows the example included in the commentary… ## [CEDET: Across the Language Barrier](https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2025/04/cedet-across-language-barrier.html) _2025-04-11 · Anand Tamariya · Tech insights_ Emacs at its core is a Lisp interpreter written in C. If you are an Emacs developer, this means you often need to jump between C and Lisp programming languages. CEDET is capable of maintaining project-wide tag database and hence allows the user to seamlessly jump across the definitions in either C or Lisp. Demo: Jump to definition across Lisp and C (including pre-processor) using CEDET . Note:… ## [KubeCon Europe 2025 Retrospective](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/kubecon-europe-2025-retrospective/) _2025-04-07 · Adriana Villela_ Reflections from attending my SIXTH KubeCon ## [So You Built A Custom Collector with the OpenTelemetry Collector Builder…Now What?](https://adrianavillela.netlify.app/post/so-you-built-a-custom-collector-with-the-opentelemetry-collector-builder-now-what/) _2025-03-14 · Adriana Villela_ Things nobody tells you when you build your own OTel Collector distribution