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Stories, guides, and lessons from the world of observability

Observability vs. Telemetry vs. Monitoring

Observability vs. Telemetry vs. Monitoring

Observability is the continuous analysis of operational data, telemetry is the operational data that feeds into that analysis, and monitoring is like a radar for your system observing everything about your system and alerting when necessary.

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Anjali Udasi

Anjali Udasi

Convert OpenTelemetry Traces to Metrics with SpanMetrics

Convert OpenTelemetry Traces to Metrics with SpanMetrics

Already implemented tracing but lack metrics? With SpanConnector, you can convert trace data into actionable metrics. Here’s how to configure it.

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Prathamesh Sonpatki

Prathamesh Sonpatki

Think Data Warehouse, NOT Database.

Think Data Warehouse, NOT Database.

The software monitoring world is broken because of a TSDB. We deserve a TSDW

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Aniket Rao

Aniket Rao

What is OpenTelemetry Collector

What is the OpenTelemetry Collector and How Does It Work?

The OpenTelemetry Collector simplifies data collection, processing, and export for metrics, logs, and traces. Learn about its architecture, deployment, and examples.

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Prathamesh Sonpatki

Prathamesh Sonpatki

How to handle whitespaces in the OTLP Headers with Python Otel SDK

Whitespace in OTLP headers and OpenTelemetry Python SDK

How to handle whitespaces in the OTLP Headers with Python Otel SDK

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Prathamesh Sonpatki

Prathamesh Sonpatki

The most important aspect of software monitoring

The most important aspect of software monitoring

Ths single most important thing to get better at your software monitoring journey

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Aniket Rao

Aniket Rao

Prometheus Toolkit: Your Essential Companion for Monitoring

Prometheus Toolkit: Your Essential Companion for Monitoring

Building a standardized open-source resource across instrumentation, query, and alerting pipelines to start your monitoring journey with Prometheus.

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Sahil Khan

Sahil Khan

Building Monitoring with Auto-Discovery for 70+ Microservices

Building Monitoring with Auto-Discovery for 70+ Microservices

The promise of a managed SaaS partner — Reducing monitoring costs at all costs

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Preeti Dewani

Preeti Dewani

What needs to change in software monitoring?

What needs to change in software monitoring?

A wishlist of things that need to change in the world of software monitoring

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Aniket Rao

Aniket Rao