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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 22h

Do you need Flux to use Flagger?

@stefanprodan.com has the answer! Plus advice about where to start.

Watch the full 🌩️ Thunder episode:
youtu.be/Qi9Xq_QxX7M

#Kubernetes #Flagger #Flux #GitOps #ArgoRollouts #Jenkins

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 2d

What tells Flagger a release is safe to keep going? What is the safety mechanism?

@stefanprodan.com tells how it decides, and when it rolls back.

Watch the full 🌩️ Thunder episode:
youtu.be/Qi9Xq_QxX7M

#Kubernetes #Flagger #ProgressiveDelivery #CanaryDeployments #Prometheus

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 2d

Train to Aarhus

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 2d

What is a “canary deployment” in Kubernetes?

@stefanprodan.com has the answer, and he talks about how the Canary custom resource in Flagger relates.

Watch the full 🌩️ Thunder episode:
youtu.be/Qi9Xq_QxX7M

#Kubernetes #Flagger #CanaryDeployments #ProgressiveDelivery

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 5d

With progressive delivery, teams can ship changes in Kubernetes without fear of breaking everything.

@stefanprodan.com explains what progressive delivery is, and how #Flagger makes progressive delivery possible in #Kubernetes.

Watch the full 🌩️ Thunder episode:
youtu.be/Qi9Xq_QxX7M

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 6d

Deploying fast is easy; deploying safely is hard. ※

In this 17-minute 🌩️ Thunder episode, @stefanprodan.com shows how Flagger brings control to Kubernetes deployment rollouts.

Watch the Thunder episode here:
youtu.be/Qi9Xq_QxX7M

#Kubernetes #Flagger #Flux #ProgressiveDelivery #CanaryDeployments

Whitney Lee smiling on the left and Stefan Prodan on the right, with a blackboard full of Flagger notes in the background. Large yellow text reads “Flagger,” with white text below: “Progressive Delivery and Canary Deployments.”

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 8d

@hannahfoxwell.net makes AI feel workable for normal teams. She uses clear language, concrete examples, and a focus on fluency over buzzwords. If you’re figuring out where AI fits into your life, you might enjoy our chat. I hope you do ♫

www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/109

#AI @cote.io

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 8d

⚡️ Enlightning is LIVE NOW!

Generative AI + OpenTelemetry with @aparker.io

Join us!
youtu.be/S6zyprFIapM

Hand-drawn lightboard graphic that reads “OpenTelemetry and Generative AI” in colorful neon-style lettering. The word “Enlightning” appears in bold with a lightning bolt through the “l.” On the right, Whitney Lee smiles and gestures toward the words. Text at the bottom says “with friend Austin Parker.”

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 8d

It’s finally here! ⚡️Enlightning returns in TWO HOURS!

I’ll be live with @aparker.io exploring Generative AI + OpenTelemetry: tracing, conventions, and even feeding telemetry back into coding assistants.

Don’t miss it!
youtu.be/S6zyprFIapM

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 9d

⚡️ Enlightning is back tomorrow! Eek! After almost a year away, we’re jumping straight into Generative AI and OpenTelemetry.

Join me and @aparker.io for a live stream on how OTel is evolving to make GenAI apps more observable. I'm so excited.

Set a reminder NOW! ♫
youtu.be/S6zyprFIapM

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 10d

Why does Argo Rollouts exist?

Because Kubernetes alone can’t do controlled, gradual releases.

In this 🌩️ Thunder episode, Nicholas Morey explains how Rollouts solve the shortcomings of native Kubernetes Deployments

Watch the full episode (~20 min) → youtu.be/ToF9fb2sjlE

#ArgoRollouts #Kubernetes

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 11d

Percent-based canaries are just the beginning. Argo Rollouts + service meshes add routing superpowers like header rules and traffic mirroring. Nicholas Morey explains.

Watch the full episode (~20 min) →
youtu.be/ToF9fb2sjlE

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#ArgoRollouts #Kubernetes #ServiceMesh

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 12d

How do you know if a rollout is successful?
(・・？)

Argo Rollouts uses a Kubernetes custom resource called an AnalysisTemplate to check real metrics as updates progress. Nicholas Morey explains how observability drives safe deployments below.

Watch the full episode (~20 min) →
youtu.be/ToF9fb2sjlE

Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 13d

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 13d

Migrating from K8s Deployments to Argo Rollouts? It’s easier than you think.
☆彡

Nicholas Morey explains how Rollouts extend Kubernetes with progressive delivery and are designed for smooth adoption.

Watch the full 🌩️ Thunder episode →
youtu.be/ToF9fb2sjlE

#ArgoRollouts #K8s #ProgressiveDelivery

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Coté @cote.io · 16d

She’s finally getting back to the light board: www.youtube.com/live/S6zyprF...

⚡️ Enlightning - OpenTelemetry and Generative AI

YouTube video by wiggitywhitney

www.youtube.com

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Reposted by Whitney Lee

Hannah Foxwell @hannahfoxwell.net · 17d

Here I am trying to describe what it is I actually do now…

Coté @cote.io · 17d

Check out last week's Software Defined Interviews with @hannahfoxwell.net:

www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/109

Everyday AI and AI Everyday, with Hannah Foxwell

In this episode, Whitney and Coté talk about the integration of AI into daily life with Hannah Foxwell, organizer of AI for the Rest of Us, among many other doings.

www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 14d

Spectacle.

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 16d

⚡️ Enlightning is BACK, bay-bee!!! After almost a year hiatus!

Join @aparker.io and me live next week for a bleeding-edge talk about OpenTelemetry and GenAI!

Click 'Notify me':
youtu.be/S6zyprFIapM

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 21d

I miss Denver already

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Whitney Lee @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social · 22d

In this episode of Software Defined Interviews, @rachelchalmers.bsky.social talks about whether you have to come from money to be a VC, what she looks for in founders, and why she backs women leading infrastructure and AI companies.

Listen here: www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/108

@cote.io