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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 28/09/2026

European AI sovereignty is hitting physical limits as massive data centers spark protests over water and power. The fix? Distribute the workload. Run efficient AI at the edge and on prem. Scale smart and keep control. www.suse.com/solutions/di... #SovereignAI @SUSE #AIInfrastructure

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 21/09/2026

Thanks to all the new friends and old I got to meet at @DevOpsDaysPDX and #CloudNativePDX… Hope to stop by again one day! @SUSE

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 18/09/2026

Amazing last night with the #CloudNativePDX gang in an old church in #portland! Shared a live contribution session for @cncf.io graduated project @fluentbit and explored my #AI guardrails. @SUSE www.schabell.org/2026/09/clou...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 15/09/2026

Join me for a night of #cloudnative #observability where I am going to share how to contribute to the @CloudNativeFdn graduated project @fluentbit! Let’s get our #o11y on at #cloudnativepdx! @suse www.schabell.org/2026/07/clou...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 12/09/2026

🚀 THE COVER'S OUT! Say hello to WITH A ROBOT ARMY AT MY BACK, book 2 of the Moon Hackers series, by @RachelDines out Nov 6. Art by Karl Stevens (@karlstevensart). MG sci-fi, ages 9-13. Grab Book 1 FREE on Kindle through tomorrow: amzn.to/4ypSAtE #CoverReveal #MiddleGrade

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 10/09/2026

Was having too much fun talking to new friends and old today at @DevOpsDaysPDX day 2! @SUSE

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 08/09/2026

Day 1 kicking off with workshops at @DevOpsDaysPDX hosted at @Portland_State today! Catching @wiggitywhitney before my #cloudnative #observability choose your own adventure workshop at 3pm in Smith Memorial Hall room 327! @SUSE #o11y www.schabell.org/2026/09/devo...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 06/09/2026

Headed to @DevOpsDaysPDX this week, so stop by Tuesday afternoon for my all out #cloudnative #observability workshop bonanza! Come get your #o11y on! @fluentbit @PrometheusIO @opentelemetry.io @PersesDev @SUSE www.schabell.org/2026/07/devo...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 25/08/2026

Another week, another update for @cncf.io #cloudnative #observability tracing for developers workshop! Featuring @opentelemetry.io, @JaegerTracing, @prometheus.io, @java, @podmanio.bsky.social, and @RancherDesktop! Start exploring #o11y on k3s today! @SUSE bit.ly/otel-java-de...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 24/08/2026

Big news at #TickAudit! If you never sell, share, or train across customer data, what compounds? The schema — how safety-critical work is structured, holding up under each regulator. We learn how a sector works. Not what your records say. tickaudit.com #DataSovereignty

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 18/08/2026

Long overdue update to the @cncf.io #cloudnative #observability tracing workshop featuring @opentelemetry.io, both version updates and a new learning path for @RancherDesktop (k3s) along side the @Podman_io containers. Get your #o11y on today! @SUSE o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/workshop-ope...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 05/08/2026

For @devopsdayspdx.bsky.social in Sep I'm updating all of the @cncf.io #cloudnative #observability workshops. Today it's @prometheus.io upgrades and adding the @RancherDesktop with #k3s install paths for a true @kubernetes.io #o11y adventure! @SUSE bit.ly/devopsdays-p...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 29/07/2026

Going to get a little hands-on with 5 different #cloudnative #observability workshops for you! Your adventure with @fluentbit, @opentelemetry.io, @PrometheusIO, and @PersesDev starts now! #o11y @SUSE @RancherDesktop @devopsdayspdx.bsky.social www.schabell.org/2026/07/devo...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 28/07/2026

Having some fun with @opensearch.org integration lab with @fluentbit as I'm updating it all to add the @kubernetes.io learning path using #k3s with @RancherDesktop... lots of #helm to get your #cloudnative #observability blood pumping! #o11y @SUSE o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/workshop-flu...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 27/07/2026

Slipped past 6M viewers on www.schabell.org this weekend.... what a ride! #free #opensource #learning

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 20/07/2026

Time for another release update on @fluentbit, so I updated the Fluent Bit Install Demo used in all my workshop content to v5.0.9. Try it out today on your local machine, in a container, or on #cloudnative with #k3s #RancherDesktop! #observability #o11y gitlab.com/o11y-worksho...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 06/07/2026

Au revoir Paris! Thanks to @RaiseSummit hackathon and attendees for having me! @SUSE

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 05/07/2026

And the winner at the @RaiseSummit hackathon with a crazy cool AI visual and voice integration build your furniture assistant! @SUSE

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 05/07/2026

Second place at the @RaiseSummit hackathon with amazing role players laying language solution! @SUSE

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 05/07/2026

Third place at the @RaiseSummit hackathon with very cool robotics solution! @SUSE

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 05/07/2026

The first round judging is in full swing @RaiseSummit hackathon. Each team is pitching their submissions to the panel in this small room. Fingers crossed and the top 5 make the finals! @SUSE

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 05/07/2026

Day 2 and push to the finish line is in progress here at @RaiseSummit AI hackathon! Found teams sleeping in chairs after going strong all night! Not only hot weather in Paris, but really hot ideas cooking at hackathon. Can’t wait to judge final results later today. @SUSE

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 04/07/2026

Kicking off at the @RaiseSummit #hackathon with @cursor_ai and @SUSE sponsoring. 5 person teams to battle it out in amazing venue at Lafayette!

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 24/06/2026

His demo has been officially entered Storylane’s Demo Dundies Season 3 in the category Best Design, meaning it's rated in the top 10%. See Andres Valero's work live on @SUSE #virtualization page. #demodundies #storylane #interactivedemos www.suse.com/products/ran...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 13/06/2026

My blog activity has been around for some 20+ yrs, but only tracking visitors for ~18 yrs. It's nice to see so much interest and viewer totals climbing this last year to my highest 30 day total of +300k visitors! www.schabell.org #cloudnative #appdev #observability #o11y

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 05/05/2026

Yesterday was May 4th, a day of remembering those lost, today May 5th is #LiberationDay in the Netherlands. Thanks given to those that provided, PFC Henry L. Hooper. @dgvmargraten www.schabell.org/p/pfc-henry-...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 13/04/2026

Updated @PersesDev #cloudnative #observability free online workshop today, get your #o11y on and start building beautiful dashboards and visualizations today! bit.ly/perses-works...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 10/04/2026

Updated @prometheus.io #cloudnative #observability workshop this week, get your #o11y fix today! o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/workshop-pro...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 03/04/2026

Have you checked out the Mastering Fluent Bit series yet? You must be one of the few.... +5.2 million visitors can't be wrong, so get started today with #cloudnative #observability and add @fluentbit to your #o11y toolbox! www.schabell.org/search/label...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 02/04/2026

Hands-on workshop @fluentbit updated to use the latest 5.0 release series! Get your skills updated today with this free online #workshop with 10 labs for you to explore. #cloudnative #observability #o11y bit.ly/fluentbit-wo...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 02/04/2026

Are you ready for some fun with @fluentbit v5.0? I've pushed out an update for the Fluent Bit Install project and next up will be updates to the Fluent Bit workshop series! #cloudnative #observability #o11y gitlab.com/o11y-worksho...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 01/04/2026

From @fluentbit docs HQ: our community ask for visual support of event types for each input, filter, and output plugin. Below image shows @opentelemetry.io input plugin doc: #logs, #metrics, and #traces supported! #cloudnative #observability #o11y docs.fluentbit.io/manual/data-...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 24/03/2026

Preview: 🚨🚨🚨 Coming very soon…. @fluentbit v5 is on the way my friends! Shhhhhh, secret for you only: stop by the @cncf.io Project Pavilion at #kubecon EU and ask about the new t-shirts! #cloudnative #observability #o11y

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 24/03/2026

Being local to #KubeCon EU hosted in your own country means bikes and trains 🚂 instead of planes! Off to another day of @cncf.io #cloudnative #observability and #o11y with my @fluentbit and other community friends!

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 22/03/2026

My #kubecon EU week starts very cold and early on Sunday… for my work on @fluentbit I’m heading to @CloudNativeFdn Maintainers Summit in Amsterdam! #cloudnative #observability #o11y maintainersummiteu2026.sched.com

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 20/03/2026

Thought it might be time for a bit of an update to the website, so modernized the layout a bit, the fonts, colors, etc. www.schabell.org

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 13/03/2026

Collected all the #cloudnative workshops that I've been (co-)creating and (co-)delivering during my career into this portal. Check it out and let me know what you think? #observability #devops #cloud #appdev #bpm #rules eschabell.gitlab.io/workshops-si...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 10/03/2026

Today with no fanfare my blog www.schabell.org went over 5,000,000 visitors! It's an honor that you see the value of unfiltered, free, online learning content with no advertisements. Over 25 years of knowledge and more to come! #cloudnative @CloudNativeFdn #opensource

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 09/03/2026

Created a speakers profile project today. Fun to try and step away from a SaaS tool I was using. Also created a widget for my website to list the last three talks and link it all. Let me know what you think? eschabell.gitlab.io/speakerhub/

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 09/03/2026

Had a good month in Feb with record visitors to www.schabell.org. The series Mastering Fluent Bit is the main draw and the top three articles are in the second image below! #cloudnative #observability @cncf.io @fluentbit @prometheus.io

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 23/02/2026

The life of a @cncf.io project maintainer up close: found rather interesting impl issue in @fluentbit regarding a metric that is a counter, but implemented using a @prometheus.io PromQL gauge function. Sent a fix and you can follow the issue here: github.com/fluent/fluen...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 09/02/2026

I’ve started @mmmmmmpc.bsky.social new book SLES 16 Official Administration Guide, written with a few of my early Linux friends in the industry. The first chapter has already got me wanting to test all the installation methods, so get it from @PacktPublishing today! miguelpc.eu/SLES16-admin...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 03/02/2026

Featured today on the @DZoneInc homepage, the developers guide to @fluentbit telemetry routing to @prometheus.io! #cloudnative #observability #o11y dzone.com/articles/mas...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 24/01/2026

This is why we share our #cloudnative #obserability learnings, to help others with their #o11y adventures! Get started today with @PersesDev hands-on workshop. o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/workshop-per...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 14/01/2026

Way to go @PersesDev for winning the Open Source award for the O11ys 2025! #cloudnative #observability #o11y observability-360.com/article/View...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 12/01/2026

There's a new kid on the #cloudnative #observability #workshop block! Check out the @opentelemetry Tracing for (Java) Developers workshop in our #o11y collection! o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/workshop-ote...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 10/01/2026

Preview the @opentelemetry.io for #java developers #workshop new lab 3 covering programatic instrumentation a java app using the SDK, configuring the tracer, & viewing results with @JaegerTracing. Get hands-on with #cloudnative #observability today! #o11y o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/workshop-ote...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 09/01/2026

Check out the #workshop in progress, @opentelemetry.io try for #Java Developers with lab 2 a hands-on guide to automatic instrumentation using the #otel agent! Get your #cloudnative #observability on and add this to your #o11y toolbox! o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/workshop-ote...

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Eric D. Schabell @schabell.org · 06/01/2026

Secret work 🤫 in progress on @opentelemetry.io try instrumentation for @java developers #workshop. Just the first two labs available, but follow along as I progress on expanding your #cloudnative #observability toolbox! @chronosphereio #o11y o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/workshop-ote...

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