The latest articles on DEV Community by Rodrigo Marins (@rodrigo_marins). https://dev.to/rodrigo_marins https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3933348%2F4dbc0bda-b70e-4d45-9655-cd51e30dc8e8.png https://dev.to/rodrigo_marins en Rodrigo Marins Fri, 15 May 2026 14:19:44 +0000 https://dev.to/rodrigo_marins/free-event-otel-night-amsterdam-v202605-may-20-ing-albert-heijn-on-opentelemetry-at-3hln https://dev.to/rodrigo_marins/free-event-otel-night-amsterdam-v202605-may-20-ing-albert-heijn-on-opentelemetry-at-3hln <p>OTel Night Amsterdam v2026.05 is happening on <strong>May 20th</strong> at ING Cedar, Amsterdam — and the lineup is genuinely exciting.</p> <p><strong>Disclosure:</strong> I'm one of the organizers. Free CNCF community event, no vendor sponsorship, no commercial interest.</p> <h2> What's happening </h2> <p>Engineers from two of the Netherlands' largest companies are coming to share real OpenTelemetry war stories:</p> <p><strong>Talk 1:</strong> Giuseppe d'Alessio &amp; Vincent Free (ING) — OpenTelemetry at scale in one of Europe's largest banks</p> <p><strong>Talk 2:</strong> Bernardo Garcia &amp; Ivan Merrill (Albert Heijn) — OTel in production (TBC)</p> <p>No vendor pitches. No slides-only fluff. Practitioners talking to practitioners — the edge cases, the instrumentation choices they'd redo, and the patterns that actually scaled.</p> <h2> Event details </h2> <p>📅 <strong>May 20, 2026</strong> — doors open 6:00 PM CEST<br> 📍 ING Cedar, 106 Bijlmerdreef, Amsterdam<br> 🎟️ Free to attend — 24 spots left out of 50<br> ☕ Free coffee break + food and drinks (hosted by ING)</p> <p><strong>Register:</strong> <a href="https://ocgroups.dev/cncf/group/v62fy27/event/g58n983" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ocgroups.dev/cncf/group/v62fy27/event/g58n983</a></p> <h2> Why it matters </h2> <p>If you're running OTel in production — whether on Kubernetes, bare metal, or anywhere in between — hearing from teams at ING and Albert Heijn is directly relevant. These are organizations with real scale, real constraints, and no incentive to sugarcoat.</p> <p>See you on May 20th!</p> <p>— Rodrigo Marins Piaba | <a href="mailto:rodrigo@olligarden.com">rodrigo@olligarden.com</a></p> opentelemetry observability devops