Adam Gardner

Adam Gardner @agardnerit

About: CNCF Ambassador, DevRel working in Observability. I blog at https://agardner.net and YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@agardnerit

Joined:
Dec 8, 2023

Adam Gardner
articles - 20 total

OpenTelemetry at Scale: Controlling your Fleet with OpAMP

As you scale usage of OpenTelemetry, you'll find yourself wanting / needing a solution to manage...

Learn More 0 0Apr 25

JSON + Prometheus SECURELY

A while ago I wrote this post where I demonstrated how to scrape JSON-based metrics into...

Learn More 0 0Jan 25

[HANDS ON] Instrument Python FastAPI with Prometheus Metrics

In this 5min hands-on video I explain how to take a Python FastAPI application and instrument it to...

Learn More 1 0Jan 19

[HANDS ON] Service Discovery in Prometheus

In this hands-on video I walk through service discovery in Prometheus. I explain why you need...

Learn More 0 0Jan 11

Prometheus json_exporter: Monitor any JSON API endpoint with Prometheus

In this 9 minute hands-on video I use the Prometheus json_exporter to retrieve metrics from a JSON...

Learn More 1 0Jan 7

Prometheus for Absolute Beginners

If you're brand new to Prometheus and want a quick and easy introduction, this video will do just...

Learn More 0 0Jan 6

Python Feature Flags with a Flat JSON File

A while ago I posted on how to add feature flags to a nodeJS application using only a flat file +...

Learn More 0 0Nov 5 '24

Automated Markdown Testing: Two Options

Recently I've been writing a lot of tech tutorials at work. These usually comprise of a Markdown file...

Learn More 1 0Oct 12 '24

Transforming GitHub Codespace Log Files to OpenTelemetry Traces

Recently I've had the requirement to track how long a GitHub codespace takes to start up. Creation...

Learn More 1 1Jun 9 '24

Context Aware Feature Flags with flagd and OpenFeature in NodeJS

This is part two of the series. For this to make sense, I recommend you first read / complete part...

Learn More 2 0Mar 29 '24

Context Aware Feature Flags in with flagd and OpenFeature in NodeJS

This is part two of the series. For this to make sense, I recommend you first read / complete part...

Learn More 1 0Mar 29 '24

Add Feature Flags with only a JSON flat file in NodeJS

Did you know that it is possible to add feature flags to your application simply by adding a JSON...

Learn More 0 0Mar 24 '24

Trace kubectl using OpenTelemetry

kubectl otel is a Kubernetes CLI plugin which will generate OpenTelemetry traces for any kubectl...

Learn More 0 0Feb 11 '24

tracepusher & HAR to Dev Tools v0.10.0 Released

I'm excited to announce tracepusher v0.10.0 has been released. Along with this release, the project...

Learn More 0 0Jan 19 '24

Automatic OpenTelemetry for Kubernetes Jobs (Hands on)

Use the tracepusher Kubernetes Operator to automatically generate OpenTelemetry traces for Kubernetes...

Learn More 0 0Jan 15 '24

Hands on with flagd: Open source feature flagging

flagd is a fully open source feature flag system released as part of the OpenFeature project....

Learn More 0 0Jan 5 '24

HAR file to OpenTelemetry Converter (aka. DevTools to OpenTelemetry)

As a frontend / web developer, you're probably already very familiar with .har (or HTTP Archive)...

Learn More 0 0Jan 4 '24

Hands On: Pull metrics into Kubernetes from anywhere and treat them generically with the Keptn Metrics Server

Metrics, Metrics, Everywhere Metrics are everywhere because tool sprawl is real. If you...

Learn More 3 0Jan 3 '24

Release Announcement: OpenTelemetry logpusher v0.2.0

Logpusher is a OpenTelemetry focussed Observability utility which allows you to create a log line in...

Learn More 0 0Dec 22 '23

OpenTelemetry traces for everything with tracepusher

OpenTelemetry is everywhere. If you don't already know, it is an open standard (and large ecosystem)...

Learn More 1 0Dec 8 '23