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On a much-needed vacation this weekend. Enjoying Traverse City’s finer local haunts. Amazingly, this city is in the same state that Detroit is. Speaking of, I can’t wait until KubeCon NA 2022 in Detroit. As we get closer to an event, I’ll be sharing some more local news and info (like the Aloft will be under construction during KubeCon NA). I know there’s a large contingent of Michiganders that read this newsletter. What’s one fantastic thing folks in downtown Detroit can’t miss (hit reply, yes, I filter out-of-office messages in 40+ languages)? I’ll start with Campus Martius Park. You’ll be shocked by this excellent little happening spot in the city’s heart. O’Reilly Book on Observability Engineering—Get Yours Free from Honeycomb! Manage complex cloud-native systems, improve customer experiences, and build & run better software using Honeycomb. Get your FREE copy of our new O’Reilly book and register for our Authors’ Cut Series to discuss key concepts. Events ArgoCon SEPTEMBER 19 – 21, 2022 ...

This past week was KubeCon EU 2022. I attended only part of it (more on that later). The Kubernetes Contributor Summit looked like it went off okay. I will admit I showed up quite late due to jet lag. But, I was able to sit down with Kaslin and schedule the rest of the tweets for KubeCon EU 2022 as part of our duties for the Kubernetes Contributor Comms team (please follow K8sContributors on Twitter). I was also able to say hello to many friends I had not seen in ages. Including my good friend, Vincent Batts. He seemed to want me to know that there is a reason to celebrate (and often is in certain cultures) when someone is taken from us so soon. The day prior, I had quietly cried myself to sleep on the plane after scrolling past a movie titled “Lucy,” much like Kendrick Lamar, I grieve different. It reminded me of my studies of Buddhism and Hinduism I learned in the cult my mother was in (surprise; I grew up in a cult for quite a few years). I was at peace, I thought, but Vincent drove that point home. ...

This week was the run up to KubeCon. The mad dash turned into peace and quiet by Friday. I feel really bad about Spain not approving quite a few visas for folks I wanted to meet. I had to help coordinate a few last minute switches from physical to virtual talks. I took part in a few AWS Container Days sessions and an impromptu, during the stream invite to Anaïs Urlichs and Matty Straton’s live stream all about attending KubeCon. I’ll have those up on my web site for preservation soon enough. It was a good week overall (at least the second half). Timing for the newsletter is a little wonky as I’m traveling to KubeCon in Valencia, Spain. I’m writing this week’s newsletter from an Air France Lounge at Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG, eek, I know). If you’re attending KubeCon in person or virtually and need something, want to say, “Hi.” Please stop me if you see me. If I’m not in a hurry I’ll happily chat. If I am busy or on my way to something, you’ll be able to tell. Have a great week everyone! ...

Thank you to everyone that donated to my sister’s Walk for Wishes for Make-A-Wish® Michigan this week. We kinda crushed it for Lucy. Here’s how the tally adds up as of 7 PM Saturday: First, we helped push the event over its goal ($366K raised, $360K goal; pat yourselves on the back, that’s huge). Second, our “We Love Lucy” team raised the third highest amount of money ($16.5K) for the event. Third, your donations made my sister the #4 individual fundraiser. Fourth, the “We Love Lucy” team raised so much that we eclipsed all but the two major event sponsors as far as company’s participating. None of this would’ve been possible without you, the reader. DevOps’ish alone donated $1,000 to spur others to donate and donate you did. I’m so thankful. It felt really good to get that hug yesterday morning. She sends a very special thank you to every single one of you who donated this week. My personal thanks as well. You didn’t have to make an impact on our family, but you did. For that, I am forever grateful. ...

Hey, y’all! What I miss??? This is the only sentence that will feature Elon Musk this week. Promise. He’s had enough coverage lately and I hope you’ve had your fill. Also, I won’t be discussing any CNCF shenanigans until after KubeCon EU 2022. I’d like for there to be a resolution prior, but I doubt there will be at this point. I’m back on the horse after my 4 month old niece’s passing (I hope you can understand the brief hiatus). Thank you to everyone who reached out. Thank you to my incredibly team at AWS. Also, special thanks to our sponsor Honeycomb for allowing me the time to process this loss. It’s tragic; beyond what few can imagine. But, Lucy was strong. She gave hospitals and labs across the country a ton of data on a very rare form of cancer. I’m almost proud to say that my niece might have improved testing nationwide and globally. Whenever the hospital in Detroit did a lab, they sent samples to other labs across the country. This is modus operandi. You never know and sure as hell don’t want to make a mistake. ...