Jacob Aronoff
@jaronoff.com
OpenTelemetry Maintainer
I’d just like a bagel please
I’d just like a bagel please
Realized that I’m taking the midnight train FROM Georgia tonight
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Realized that I’m taking the midnight train FROM Georgia tonight
Shh the Shinkansen are asleep
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Shh the Shinkansen are asleep
With all the insanity around flying and because i'm a massive train nerd, I learned last week that there is indeed a sleeper train from NYC to ATL and I immediately decided to take the flight refund and take the train instead. So here I am at hour 1 of an 18 hour journey down south.
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
With all the insanity around flying and because i'm a massive train nerd, I learned last week that there is indeed a sleeper train from NYC to ATL and I immediately decided to take the flight refund and take the train instead. So here I am at hour 1 of an 18 hour journey down south.
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⏰ Counting down to our first OTel NYC meetup!
We can’t wait to meet everyone, talk all things observability, and just have a good time together.
Haven’t RSVP’d yet? There’s still time 👉
We can’t wait to meet everyone, talk all things observability, and just have a good time together.
Haven’t RSVP’d yet? There’s still time 👉
OTel NYC - October Meetup · Luma
Inviting all OpenTelemetry and Observability enthusiasts to join us for OTel NYC's inaugural meetup! Food and drink will be served. More details on location…
buff.ly
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
⏰ Counting down to our first OTel NYC meetup!
We can’t wait to meet everyone, talk all things observability, and just have a good time together.
Haven’t RSVP’d yet? There’s still time 👉
We can’t wait to meet everyone, talk all things observability, and just have a good time together.
Haven’t RSVP’d yet? There’s still time 👉
browser co is being acquired by atlassian. Definitely feeling better getting off Arc browsercompany.substack.com/p/your-tuesd...
Your Tuesday in 2030
Or why The Browser Company is being acquired to bring Dia to the masses.
browsercompany.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
browser co is being acquired by atlassian. Definitely feeling better getting off Arc browsercompany.substack.com/p/your-tuesd...
Running errands in Astoria and saw this awesome contra flow bike lane! Not pictured is a line up of bikes using it!
August 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Running errands in Astoria and saw this awesome contra flow bike lane! Not pictured is a line up of bikes using it!
I think it goes Millenial, Gen Z, Gen Alpha and then Gen AI right?
August 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I think it goes Millenial, Gen Z, Gen Alpha and then Gen AI right?
when did github's real-time updates on PRs break? It used to be that when i was looking at a PR and someone approved or commented i would see it without needing to reload the page. Same thing with test failures, I needed to reload the page to see if the tests succeeded.
August 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
when did github's real-time updates on PRs break? It used to be that when i was looking at a PR and someone approved or commented i would see it without needing to reload the page. Same thing with test failures, I needed to reload the page to see if the tests succeeded.
If you can’t handle me at my lava, you don’t deserve me at my lantula
July 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If you can’t handle me at my lava, you don’t deserve me at my lantula
Reposted by Jacob Aronoff
ADHD means skipping meals and ignoring your butt screaming at you for sitting too long because you "have" to finish writing that blog post, OR ELSE!
Well, at least I have the blog post to show for!
Well, at least I have the blog post to show for!
Switching to an OpenTelemetry Operator-managed Collector on Kubernetes
A hands-on approach featuring the OpenTelemetry Operator and OpenTelemetry Demo on Kubernetes
buff.ly
July 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
ADHD means skipping meals and ignoring your butt screaming at you for sitting too long because you "have" to finish writing that blog post, OR ELSE!
Well, at least I have the blog post to show for!
Well, at least I have the blog post to show for!
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Introducing...the #OpenTelemetry Injector! The Injector, recently donated by #Splunk, helps you automatically instrument your applications no matter the programming languages used. Learn more in our latest blog post!
buff.ly/CEVFrEW
buff.ly/CEVFrEW
June 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Introducing...the #OpenTelemetry Injector! The Injector, recently donated by #Splunk, helps you automatically instrument your applications no matter the programming languages used. Learn more in our latest blog post!
buff.ly/CEVFrEW
buff.ly/CEVFrEW
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Watching the @hellgatenyc.com livestream is the first time I’ve maybe ever enjoyed watching any sort of election night coverage.
June 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Watching the @hellgatenyc.com livestream is the first time I’ve maybe ever enjoyed watching any sort of election night coverage.
begging CNCF to not go with the worst messaging platform out there. Discord is responsible for so many of my worst experiences online
June 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
begging CNCF to not go with the worst messaging platform out there. Discord is responsible for so many of my worst experiences online
The frustrating thing about this energy, especially in Boston, is that it results in worse pedestrian AND cyclist outcomes. Living in the south end, residents fought against the street improvements which added bike lanes, removed car lanes and extended sidewalks!
in Boston it's true of both cars and bikers.
and as a pedestrian I don't want to get hit by either, but so far that score is 4 to bikes and only 2 to cars. bikers here love running into my leashed dogs on the sidewalks.
and as a pedestrian I don't want to get hit by either, but so far that score is 4 to bikes and only 2 to cars. bikers here love running into my leashed dogs on the sidewalks.
I love when people call cyclists "hysterical" or "easily offended" as if they've never seen a driver absolutely lose their shit when they're behind a car going the speed limit or when a pedestrian crosses the street. Drivers are perpetually whiny babies. Cyclists just don't want to get killed.
June 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The frustrating thing about this energy, especially in Boston, is that it results in worse pedestrian AND cyclist outcomes. Living in the south end, residents fought against the street improvements which added bike lanes, removed car lanes and extended sidewalks!
oh okay then. thank you have a nice day.
May 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
oh okay then. thank you have a nice day.
no better feeling than merging someone else's pr and thanking them for doing something you didn't have time to do
May 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
no better feeling than merging someone else's pr and thanking them for doing something you didn't have time to do
Bike infra in Boston is getting pretty amazing! Just rode from deep Cambridge (fresh pond) to Coolidge corner in under 30 mins on ~80% separated bike lanes! Made especially nice by the open streets closure on the Cambridge side of the Charles. Trip cost $3 on a blue bike vs a $2.90 train (1hr)
May 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Bike infra in Boston is getting pretty amazing! Just rode from deep Cambridge (fresh pond) to Coolidge corner in under 30 mins on ~80% separated bike lanes! Made especially nice by the open streets closure on the Cambridge side of the Charles. Trip cost $3 on a blue bike vs a $2.90 train (1hr)
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if you’re an open source maintainer in nyc and wanna join for coffee with a small group of other maintainers in Brooklyn at 2pm DM me :)
May 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
if you’re an open source maintainer in nyc and wanna join for coffee with a small group of other maintainers in Brooklyn at 2pm DM me :)
Thinking recently about how the internet became real life in the food world before anything else. So many early blogs were for recipes and restaurants, then SEO became make or break.
May 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thinking recently about how the internet became real life in the food world before anything else. So many early blogs were for recipes and restaurants, then SEO became make or break.
This 100% would get me back into playing games. I miss like small games that I can just play casually for a few hours. I do not like that it feels my only options today are 90+ hour games or attention sucking mini games.
Obviously a Humble Bundle-type solution with your sub comes to mind, but there are even weirder ways to do it. Maybe it is a printed pub with QR codes to free downloads. Maybe it’s (*gasp*) a thumb drive filled with indie games and demos shipped each month. That fills a nostalgia quotient, too.
May 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This 100% would get me back into playing games. I miss like small games that I can just play casually for a few hours. I do not like that it feels my only options today are 90+ hour games or attention sucking mini games.
Friends who are into puzzles, a friend of mine made this neat fun game as a little html experiment. Please check it out!
dialin.fun
dialin.fun
Dial In
dialin.fun
May 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Friends who are into puzzles, a friend of mine made this neat fun game as a little html experiment. Please check it out!
dialin.fun
dialin.fun
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Presenting...the latest edition of the "Humans of OTel" series, from #KubeCon EU 2025 in London!
Featuring:
* @marylia.dev
* Adriel Perkins
* @bidetofevil.wtf
* Jamie Danielson
* Mikko Viitanen
* Damien Mathieu
* @jaronoff.com
* @alolita.bsky.social
youtu.be/eZ3OrhxUAmU
Featuring:
* @marylia.dev
* Adriel Perkins
* @bidetofevil.wtf
* Jamie Danielson
* Mikko Viitanen
* Damien Mathieu
* @jaronoff.com
* @alolita.bsky.social
youtu.be/eZ3OrhxUAmU
May 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Presenting...the latest edition of the "Humans of OTel" series, from #KubeCon EU 2025 in London!
Featuring:
* @marylia.dev
* Adriel Perkins
* @bidetofevil.wtf
* Jamie Danielson
* Mikko Viitanen
* Damien Mathieu
* @jaronoff.com
* @alolita.bsky.social
youtu.be/eZ3OrhxUAmU
Featuring:
* @marylia.dev
* Adriel Perkins
* @bidetofevil.wtf
* Jamie Danielson
* Mikko Viitanen
* Damien Mathieu
* @jaronoff.com
* @alolita.bsky.social
youtu.be/eZ3OrhxUAmU
At this point, I gotta assume they bet against themselves and are throwing the game
February 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
At this point, I gotta assume they bet against themselves and are throwing the game
Reposted by Jacob Aronoff
word to the wise, if your tailwind is fighting you for dynamic classnames in react, use the safelist in the config and save four hours of frustration
safelist: [
{ pattern: /col-start-\d+/ },
{ pattern: /col-end-\d+/ },
{ pattern: /row-start-\d+/ },
{ pattern: /row-end-\d+/ },
]
safelist: [
{ pattern: /col-start-\d+/ },
{ pattern: /col-end-\d+/ },
{ pattern: /row-start-\d+/ },
{ pattern: /row-end-\d+/ },
]
December 21, 2024 at 12:55 AM
word to the wise, if your tailwind is fighting you for dynamic classnames in react, use the safelist in the config and save four hours of frustration
safelist: [
{ pattern: /col-start-\d+/ },
{ pattern: /col-end-\d+/ },
{ pattern: /row-start-\d+/ },
{ pattern: /row-end-\d+/ },
]
safelist: [
{ pattern: /col-start-\d+/ },
{ pattern: /col-end-\d+/ },
{ pattern: /row-start-\d+/ },
{ pattern: /row-end-\d+/ },
]