New Blog Post: Reflecting on My Outreachy Journey: Growth, Challenges, and New Beginnings

[RichardChukwu]

This pull request introduces a new blog post titled "Reflecting on My Outreachy Journey: Growth, Challenges, and New Beginnings."

In this post, I share my experiences as an Outreachy intern with OpenTelemetry, highlighting personal growth, overcoming challenges, and contributions made during the internship.

[chalin]

See inline for suggestion that should fix the build.

[svrnm]

@maryliag since you worked with @RichardChukwu during the internship, please review and approve this blog post.

[maryliag]

added a few comments. Just make sure you have tests passing, otherwise looks good.
I can provide an approval once all issues have been addressed

[RichardChukwu]

added a few comments. Just make sure you have tests passing, otherwise looks good. I can provide an approval once all issues have been addressed

On it....

[tiffany76]

I've made a few suggestions to bring this in line with our style guide, but otherwise LGTM! Let us know if you need help getting the CI tests to pass.

[tiffany76]

/fix:refcache

[opentelemetrybot]

You triggered fix:refcache action run at https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/actions/runs/13981081929

[RichardChukwu]

/fix:refcache

CI still fails, not sure why... log seems to be capturing a link though as the cause

[tiffany76]

Hi @RichardChukwu, I think the build errors are happening because the CI restarted several times as you made successive commits and the link checker hit those webpages so many times they were rate limited. We'll let things settle down and try again.

The refcache check should be fixed with the GitHub action I just used. If you plan to make more changes locally, make sure to pull down the refcache commit once it's made.

[opentelemetrybot]

fix:refcache failed or was cancelled. For details, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/actions/runs/13981081929.

[tiffany76]

/fix:refcache

[opentelemetrybot]

You triggered fix:refcache action run at https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/actions/runs/13981159161

[RichardChukwu]

Hi @RichardChukwu, I think the build errors are happening because the CI restarted several times as you made successive commits and the link checker hit those webpages so many times they were rate limited. We'll let things settle down and try again.

The refcache check should be fixed with the GitHub action I just used. If you plan to make more changes locally, make sure to pull down the refcache commit once it's made.

Ohh, better understood now. Thank you

[opentelemetrybot]

fix:refcache failed or was cancelled. For details, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/actions/runs/13981159161.

[tiffany76]

I'm going to try one more time with the GitHub action. Please try not to comment on the PR or make any other changes until the action is finished and we see a "refcache was successful" or "refcache failed" message from the bot. I think we've been interrupting it's work and it just needs time to focus. 😁

[tiffany76]

/fix:refcache

[opentelemetrybot]

You triggered fix:refcache action run at https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/actions/runs/13981284378

[opentelemetrybot]

fix:refcache failed or was cancelled. For details, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/actions/runs/13981284378.

[tiffany76]

Okay, looks like one site is still failing the htmltest because of too many requests. Let's step away for a little while. I might be able to try again later, or one of the other @open-telemetry/docs-approvers can jump in to help on Friday.

If you want, you can also try to fix the issue locally by running npm run fix:refcache, commiting the changes, and pushing them to GitHub. It might work better than our repeated attempts with the GitHub action.

We'll get it fixed, one way or another!

[RichardChukwu]

Okay, looks like one site is still failing the htmltest because of too many requests. Let's step away for a little while. I might be able to try again later, or one of the other @open-telemetry/docs-approvers can jump in to help on Friday.

If you want, you can also try to fix the issue locally by running npm run fix:refcache, commiting the changes, and pushing them to GitHub. It might work better than our repeated attempts with the GitHub action.

We'll get it fixed, one way or another!

Alright, I'll try that locally and see

[tiffany76]

Hi @RichardChukwu, with considerable help from @chalin, your PR is now ready to be merged!

Rather than posting this on a Friday evening, we've set it to appear on the blog page on Monday, March 24. So take a look for it then.

Congratulations on finishing your internship! ✨ 🎉

[opentelemetrybot]

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[RichardChukwu]

Hi @RichardChukwu, with considerable help from @chalin, your PR is now ready to be merged!

Rather than posting this on a Friday evening, we've set it to appear on the blog page on Monday, March 24. So take a look for it then.

Congratulations on finishing your internship! ✨ 🎉

Thank you very much @chalin and @tiffany76

😁😁😁😁