Adriana Villela is a public speaker, maintainer of the OpenTelemetry End User SIG, blogger, host of the Geeking Out Podcast, CNCF Ambassador (2023-present), and HashiCorp Ambassador (2022-present). By day, she is a Principal Developer Advocate at Dynatrace, with a focus on Observability and Platform Engineering. By night, she climbs walls. She also loves capybaras.

Presentations

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When Things Go Sideways: Troubleshooting the OTel Operator

Many organizations use Kubernetes (k8s) to run their software. The OpenTelemetry (OTel) Operator can enhance observability by simplifying OTel management within k8s clusters.

In their talk, Adriana and Reese will provide an overview of the Operator, addressing common issues that new users may face, including installation, auto-instrumentation, and deployment challenges. They will offer practical solutions to these problems, aiming to empower attendees with the knowledge and confidence to effectively leverage the Operator in their k8s environments.

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Infrastructure as Code 3 Ways

Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) allows engineers to manage infrastructure through code, ensuring a safe, consistent, and repeatable process. As IaC gains popularity, various tools have emerged to support it.

In this session, aimed at DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering professionals, Adriana and Ana will explore and compare three open-source IaC tools: Pulumi, Crossplane, and OpenTofu, helping attendees understand the capabilities of these tools and choose the one that best fits their needs.

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