Alex Van Boxel
@alexvanboxel.name
If it doesn't have an API, it doesn't exist. So, do I exist? | 🇪🇺🇧🇪
Loves Open Source, contributes code when he can (ex. PMC Apache Airflow, PMC Apache Beam, now focus on OpenTelemetry). Steering member devoxx.be.
Loves Open Source, contributes code when he can (ex. PMC Apache Airflow, PMC Apache Beam, now focus on OpenTelemetry). Steering member devoxx.be.
@devoxx.com Digital signage tested and ready for the setup tomorrow.
October 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
@devoxx.com Digital signage tested and ready for the setup tomorrow.
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The internet is missing a .spy Top-Level Domain for my x-mas side project... why aren't the spy agencies making a fuse about this?!
December 24, 2024 at 5:21 PM
The internet is missing a .spy Top-Level Domain for my x-mas side project... why aren't the spy agencies making a fuse about this?!
For me, next year will be the year of spiffe.io. Although we've been relying on it for some time already through our tight integration with Istio. I want to push it a layer down toward the infrastructure (where it belongs). Once you have it in place, multi-cloud discussion becomes so much simpler.
SPIFFE – Secure Production Identity Framework for Everyone
spiffe.io
December 19, 2024 at 10:44 AM
For me, next year will be the year of spiffe.io. Although we've been relying on it for some time already through our tight integration with Istio. I want to push it a layer down toward the infrastructure (where it belongs). Once you have it in place, multi-cloud discussion becomes so much simpler.
Just booked my flight for KubeCon NA 2025. If you have to pay it out of your own pocket, better be fast when prices are low. I shouldn't have waited... the prices were lower a few days ago. Airplane tickets are like gambling.
December 10, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Just booked my flight for KubeCon NA 2025. If you have to pay it out of your own pocket, better be fast when prices are low. I shouldn't have waited... the prices were lower a few days ago. Airplane tickets are like gambling.
A Cloud Native local chapter reboot. It was fun meeting everybody. And we made lots of plans for next year… like a blue sky account 😀.
On Wednesday night, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Belgium 🇧🇪 chapter began (for some of us) and reunited (for others)—and it was a blast!
December 6, 2024 at 5:44 PM
A Cloud Native local chapter reboot. It was fun meeting everybody. And we made lots of plans for next year… like a blue sky account 😀.
Oh... excited!... I just got a person mail for @reckless.bsky.social. It's start with, "Hey there, it’s good to have you on board." This makes my day. www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...
Here we go: The Verge now has a subscription
A lot of our site will remain free, but you can now pay to get fewer ads and unlimited access to all of our work.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Oh... excited!... I just got a person mail for @reckless.bsky.social. It's start with, "Hey there, it’s good to have you on board." This makes my day. www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...
@bsky.app could do a server split and run a server in the EU region, and sign its citizens up on that server. It will grow, a relative big server, and prove that the @atproto.com protocol really works... and at the same time, make some bureaucrats happy.
December 3, 2024 at 6:45 PM
@bsky.app could do a server split and run a server in the EU region, and sign its citizens up on that server. It will grow, a relative big server, and prove that the @atproto.com protocol really works... and at the same time, make some bureaucrats happy.
I would pay for an edit option. As a dyslectic, I constantly type typo's. My coworkers even see when I use AI because it makes less typo's 😬.
December 3, 2024 at 6:32 PM
I would pay for an edit option. As a dyslectic, I constantly type typo's. My coworkers even see when I use AI because it makes less typo's 😬.
Let's see how resilient 🦋 follows are: Light mode for the win!!! Well, except for IntelliJ, but that's because of the Darcula theme... and maybe zed (running that in dark mode 🤔)... ok, ok... my terminal is black. But that's it... I think 😶🌫️.
December 3, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Let's see how resilient 🦋 follows are: Light mode for the win!!! Well, except for IntelliJ, but that's because of the Darcula theme... and maybe zed (running that in dark mode 🤔)... ok, ok... my terminal is black. But that's it... I think 😶🌫️.
A few weeks ago, I presented at ArgoCon (co-located KubeCon event). My second presentation where I created my slides with slide.com, the online editor from the authors behind reveal.js: 30 sliders for 10 minutes, so full of animations. Loved the editing experience. slides.com/alexvanboxel...
Global Tenant Management using Argo
For the Collibra data intelligence platform, a tenant is a combination of applications provisioned on a mixture of virtual machines and single—and multi-tenant Kubernetes services. This combination ma...
slides.com
December 1, 2024 at 7:19 PM
A few weeks ago, I presented at ArgoCon (co-located KubeCon event). My second presentation where I created my slides with slide.com, the online editor from the authors behind reveal.js: 30 sliders for 10 minutes, so full of animations. Loved the editing experience. slides.com/alexvanboxel...
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it's zine sale time!
from now until the end of the day on Friday, all my PDF zines are 50% off with the discount code WIZARDPDF
print zines are 30% off with code WIZARDPRINT
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from now until the end of the day on Friday, all my PDF zines are 50% off with the discount code WIZARDPDF
print zines are 30% off with code WIZARDPRINT
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November 29, 2024 at 1:51 AM
it's zine sale time!
from now until the end of the day on Friday, all my PDF zines are 50% off with the discount code WIZARDPDF
print zines are 30% off with code WIZARDPRINT
wizardzines.com
from now until the end of the day on Friday, all my PDF zines are 50% off with the discount code WIZARDPDF
print zines are 30% off with code WIZARDPRINT
wizardzines.com
Today, I've started picking up some work on my little part of the @opentelemetry.io collector (the Google Cloud Pub/Sub receiver and exporter). I'm going to support the encoding extension, so I can support more than OTLP, it also allows me to extract an encoding that should not be part of the core.
November 26, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Today, I've started picking up some work on my little part of the @opentelemetry.io collector (the Google Cloud Pub/Sub receiver and exporter). I'm going to support the encoding extension, so I can support more than OTLP, it also allows me to extract an encoding that should not be part of the core.
I really don't like that posting is called `skeet` here. It's phonetically close to `scheet` in my month tongue (Dutch). And that means: fart 💨.
November 24, 2024 at 9:54 AM
I really don't like that posting is called `skeet` here. It's phonetically close to `scheet` in my month tongue (Dutch). And that means: fart 💨.
After about 18 years on Gmail, I'm ready to switch. I've been frustrated for a while now with its rule engine... I use rule engines a lot, to slice and dice my mails. I've evaluated Fastmail, as an alternative, for a few days now, and it's looking good.
November 23, 2024 at 11:31 AM
After about 18 years on Gmail, I'm ready to switch. I've been frustrated for a while now with its rule engine... I use rule engines a lot, to slice and dice my mails. I've evaluated Fastmail, as an alternative, for a few days now, and it's looking good.
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ok, uhhh i've got like 3 more hours in the sky club to kill. every like == 1 hot take about observability
November 22, 2024 at 5:25 AM
ok, uhhh i've got like 3 more hours in the sky club to kill. every like == 1 hot take about observability
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In case you missed it: Bluesky runs on-prem. They migrated off of AWS months back.
So yeah, they DO need to put orders in for servers! (Good luck to the dev team!)
More on their architecture: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky
So yeah, they DO need to put orders in for servers! (Good luck to the dev team!)
More on their architecture: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky
November 20, 2024 at 9:39 PM
In case you missed it: Bluesky runs on-prem. They migrated off of AWS months back.
So yeah, they DO need to put orders in for servers! (Good luck to the dev team!)
More on their architecture: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky
So yeah, they DO need to put orders in for servers! (Good luck to the dev team!)
More on their architecture: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky
Yesterday at the @opentelemetry.io ContribFest as #KubeCon I had a very unusual question to ask... how do I deprecate *part* of my contribution to the collector? It's not something you easily ask at an online SIG meeting, seeing people in person rules. Thanks, Antoine and Pablo for the guidance.
November 18, 2024 at 6:11 AM
Yesterday at the @opentelemetry.io ContribFest as #KubeCon I had a very unusual question to ask... how do I deprecate *part* of my contribution to the collector? It's not something you easily ask at an online SIG meeting, seeing people in person rules. Thanks, Antoine and Pablo for the guidance.
The #KubeCon day after blues... preparing for a long flying home from Salt Lake City to Brussels. I think this was one of my most productive KubeCon's talking to many people and vendors. I'll be back.
November 18, 2024 at 6:11 AM
The #KubeCon day after blues... preparing for a long flying home from Salt Lake City to Brussels. I think this was one of my most productive KubeCon's talking to many people and vendors. I'll be back.
Hey @kubernetes.bsky.social, now that KubeCon is over, you can make some time to be active here. A lot of your followers on X are moving here. And while you're at it, change to a custom handler so we know you're the real deal.
November 18, 2024 at 6:11 AM
Hey @kubernetes.bsky.social, now that KubeCon is over, you can make some time to be active here. A lot of your followers on X are moving here. And while you're at it, change to a custom handler so we know you're the real deal.