Bit by Bit

AI, Work, and the Means Towards All Ends

OpenAI released hundreds of math proofs this week that sent tremors across the math community.

Oct 8 • Kevin Lin

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June 2026

Thoughts on AI Slop and Writing

We live today in the age of slop.

Jun 7 • Kevin Lin

May 2026

OpenClaw as the Universal Operating System for Agents

Disclaimer: I am a maintainer of OpenClaw.

May 22 • Kevin Lin

November 2025

Thoughts on Claude Skills

In case you missed the launch announcement - skills are structured markdown files with (optional) resources that can augment LLM’s with additional…

Nov 12, 2025 • Kevin Lin

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May 2024

Scaling Stateful Aggregations

Leveraging Vector and VRL for Efficient Log Aggregation

May 5, 2024 • Kevin Lin

April 2024

An Opinionated Guide to Managing Observability Pipelines

A step by step guide to take control of your observability data

Apr 21, 2024 • Kevin Lin

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January 2024

Lossless Log Aggregation

Reduce Log Volume by 99% Without Dropping Data

Jan 29, 2024 • Kevin Lin

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A Deep Dive into Observability Pricing

Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Logging Costs

Jan 8, 2024 • Kevin Lin

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September 2023

Logging with OpenTelemetry and Loki

A step-by-step guide to using OpenTelemetry's Logging SDK with Grafana Loki and NodeJS

Sep 11, 2023 • Kevin Lin

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August 2023

OpenTelemetry in 2023

4 Years In, OpenTelemetry Delivers on its Promise for Open Observability

Aug 28, 2023 • Kevin Lin

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First Mile Observability and the Rise of Observability Pipelines

When people speak of observability (assuming they talk about it at all), they tend to focus on the "backend" - aka systems responsible for ingesting…

Aug 14, 2023 • Kevin Lin

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July 2023

The Architecture of Modern Observability Platforms

An observability platform is an end-to-end system that helps organizations understand the health of their applications and services.

Jul 26, 2023 • Kevin Lin

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