Not Just Code: My First OpenTelemetry Contribution & Hands-On to Open Source

Not Just Code: My First OpenTelemetry Contribution & Hands-On to Open Source

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1. Not Just Code My First OpenTelemetry Contribution & Hands-On to Open Source Imma Valls Staff Developer Advocate Grafana Labs
2. Agenda 1. My Journey 2 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation 2. You can contribute too! 3. Takeaways
3. My Journey 3 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
4. 1974 « From growing Up with 40+ cats and no electricity … » 4 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
5. 2025 « … to OpenTelemetry Maintainer » 5 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
6. 1981 « Nun’s boarding school » 6 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
7. 1984 « From my hometown Saturdays coding class… » 7 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
8. 1992 « … to Barcelona to get an engineering degree » 8 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
9. 2005 « From insurance/banking… » 9 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
10. 2018 « … to Elastic & Grafana » 10 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
11. 2018 « … and on to community volunteering » 11 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
12. 2025 « But, I also want to give back to Open Source… » 12 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
13. 2025 « From the OpenTelemetry Kubernetes Operator… » 13 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
14. 2025 « … to OpenTelemetry Documentation » 14 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
15. 2025 « and found a great community » Carol Valencia Pablo Baeyens Diana Todea Vitor Vasconcellos Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti 15 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
16. 2025 « Becoming an OpenTelemetry member » https://opentelemetry.io/community/members 16 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
17. 2026 « Becoming an OpenTelemetry Approver » 17 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
18. 2026 « Becoming an OpenTelemetry Maintainer » 18 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
19. 2026 « Becoming an OpenTelemetry Maintainer » 19 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
20. 2026 « MY Contributor Card » • • 20 https://contribcard.cncf.io https://devstats.cluster.fun © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
21. I was already contributing to Open Source before OpenTelemetry! 21 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
22. You can contribute too! 22 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
23. CNCF - Cloud Native Computing Foundation Foster the Open Source Ecosystem 23 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation Promote Collaboration & Community Standardize & Educate
24. Cloud Native Today: A Global Community 24 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
25. How can you contribute Code Contributions Technical Oversight Committee • • • • 25 Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) TOC Subprojects CLOTributor.dev 200+ Projects and growing © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation No-code contributions Cloud Native Awareness • • • • • Cartografos Working Group CNCF.io/blog Kubernetes.io/blog Cloud Native Glossary Project Documentation
26. Join the Cloud Native Community SLACK Cloud Native Slack 26 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation Community Groups Mentoring Programs
27. And many more options… 27 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
28. Where is help needed? good_first_time_issue https://clotributor.dev/ 28 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
29. Hands-On Demo 29 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
30. I need time to contribute! 30 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
31. Company Collaborations • • • 31 https://all.devstats.cncf.io/d/8/dashboards https://k8s.devstats.cncf.io/dashboards/f/1002/contributor-statistics https://opentelemetry.devstats.cncf.io/d/5/companies-table © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
32. Takeaways 32 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
33. Learnings from my first contribution to OpenTelemetry Join the right Listen to other Be realistic, project / CNCF contributors, consistent, SIG for you read the gain trust CONTRIB 33 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
34. Learnings from my first contribution to OpenTelemetry All sorts of Can you work contributions, for a company not just code! supporting OSS? 34 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation Have fun!
35. Points to Take Home • • • • • • 35 It is never too late (or too early) to contribute to OSS Find a project you are passionate about All sorts of contributions, not just code Start small, be realistic, and consistent Seek companies who support OSS (when possible) Don’t wait, start now and have fun! © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
36. « Take a minute to think about your first / next CNCF contribution: what project and what type of contribution can you commit to in the next week or month? » 36 © 2025 Cloud Native Computing Foundation
37. Thanks