Slight Reliability Episode 88 - OpenTelemetry Revisited with Zach Michel

Slight Reliability

This week Zach Michel from https://middleware.io/ and I discuss the state of OpenTelemetry and what it means to adopt it. We cover:
🌩️ Achieving observability in a SaaS world
🥫 Context propagation - the magic sauce of OTEL
🚪 The telemetry gateway concept and leveraging the OTEL collector
🪵 The state of OpenTelemetry logging
🫂 Making use of the OpenTelemetry community
...and much more.
You can find Zach on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zamichel/
You can find the official Slight Reliability podcast website at: https://slightreliability.com/
For a list of ways to interact with the OpenTelemetry community go to:
https://opentelemetry.io/community/
You can find Stephen at:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sre
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slight_reliability/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kiwi_sre
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