OpenTelemetry is just some libraries that help us know what our code is doing in production, says Jessica Kerr from @honeycombio . The official definition is that it’s a collection of open-source APIs, SDKs, and tools used to instrument, generate, collect, and export telemetry data (metrics, logs, and traces) to help you analyze your software’s performance and behavior.
Learn more about what junior and senior developers, and CTOs have to know about OpenTelemetry.
00:48 Make your code more debuggable / Junior Dev
01:07 Open source and standard tool / Senior Dev
02:41 Switch vendor anytime / CTO
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