ahmet alp balkan
@ahmet.dev
working on compute infra at LinkedIn.
ex-twitter/googlecloud/azure
dist sys enthusiast
github.com/ahmetb
ex-twitter/googlecloud/azure
dist sys enthusiast
github.com/ahmetb
damn, that's quite a delay! glad you made it.
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
damn, that's quite a delay! glad you made it.
I only post my technical content on LI and I actually get the same number of engagements/views as X (where I have 10x more followers), it's a pretty good channel to get the word out about technical blogs etc.
August 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I only post my technical content on LI and I actually get the same number of engagements/views as X (where I have 10x more followers), it's a pretty good channel to get the word out about technical blogs etc.
is Alberta like the Mississippi of Canada?
August 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
is Alberta like the Mississippi of Canada?
Majority of American electorate doesn't want any of this to happen. However, majority of Israelis... need to be rehabilitated.
August 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Majority of American electorate doesn't want any of this to happen. However, majority of Israelis... need to be rehabilitated.
one could say the same about genocides, but clearly all the museums, exhibits aren't solving the root cause ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
August 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
one could say the same about genocides, but clearly all the museums, exhibits aren't solving the root cause ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anthropic is leading something?
August 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Anthropic is leading something?
I absolutely love the table of contents design and animations you have.
August 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I absolutely love the table of contents design and animations you have.
I cooked yesterday's block party potluck recipe with LLM, does it count?
August 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I cooked yesterday's block party potluck recipe with LLM, does it count?
Admiralty's been out there forever and its proxy/chaperon idea is sadly one of the most nonscalable approaches.
August 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Admiralty's been out there forever and its proxy/chaperon idea is sadly one of the most nonscalable approaches.
You gotta read it in his voice too
August 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
You gotta read it in his voice too
Shoulda asked about that blue dye shit
August 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Shoulda asked about that blue dye shit
yeah we do that but it would be so much better if we didn't need to. all our microservices and our entire service infra except for CNCF components use push model, and we have to run a otel collector just for those.
July 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
yeah we do that but it would be so much better if we didn't need to. all our microservices and our entire service infra except for CNCF components use push model, and we have to run a otel collector just for those.
I think this largely assumes OLTP pushing to Prometheus backend, whereas it would be good to have no Prometheus at all in the picture. Admittedly, nearly the whole CNCF ecosystem makes a big assumption around Prometheus, whereas projects like Kyverno catching up to using OTel SDK.
July 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I think this largely assumes OLTP pushing to Prometheus backend, whereas it would be good to have no Prometheus at all in the picture. Admittedly, nearly the whole CNCF ecosystem makes a big assumption around Prometheus, whereas projects like Kyverno catching up to using OTel SDK.
Yeah but how do we change all these off the shelf components to use OTel SDK instead of Prometheus?
July 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Yeah but how do we change all these off the shelf components to use OTel SDK instead of Prometheus?