OpenTelemetry vs. Traditional APM Tools
This article explores OpenTelemetry vs. traditional APM tools, comparing their strengths, weaknesses, and use cases to help you choose wisely.
Anjali Udasi
The Anatomy of a Modern Observability System
This article breaks down the fundamentals, from data collection to analysis, to help you gain deeper insights into your applications.
Anjali Udasi
Redacting Sensitive Data in OpenTelemetry Collector
This guide covers types of data that can be redacted and step-by-step instructions for configuring the Attribute Processor.
Anjali Udasi
Advanced OpenTelemetry: Sampling, Filtering, and Enrichment
OpenTelemetry offers powerful data collection, but maximizing its efficiency requires careful configuration. This article explores advanced techniques for sampling filtering, and data enrichment.
Anjali Udasi
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.
Anjali Udasi
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.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Think Data Warehouse, NOT Database.
The software monitoring world is broken because of a TSDB. We deserve a TSDW
Aniket Rao
OpenTelemetry Collector: Architecture & How It Works
How the OpenTelemetry Collector works: receivers, processors, exporters, and extensions, how it deploys on Kubernetes, and how to run it locally.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Whitespace in OTLP headers and OpenTelemetry Python SDK
How to handle whitespaces in the OTLP Headers with Python Otel SDK
Prathamesh Sonpatki