About this session
OpenTelemetry (OTel) is an observability framework for cloud-native software. It provides standardized APIs, libraries, and tools to collect telemetry data such as metrics, logs, and traces. OTel is open source and vendor neutral, designed to work with any backend system.
This talk will present several examples demonstrating why logs alone may be insufficient, along with the benefits of incorporating extra signals. These benefits include enhanced visibility into the execution flow and call timing, metrics on how users utilize services to pinpoint unnecessary ones, and the ability to detect patterns, such as peak usage times, which aids in production planning and scaling.
Presented by
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Jessica Garson
Jessica Garson is a Python programmer, educator, and artist. She currently works at Elastic as a Senior Developer Advocate. Previously, Jessica worked in developer relations at Twitter for four years. She has spoken at conferences all over the globe, ranging from PyCon to Write the Docs.
In her spare time, she is on a never-ending quest for the perfect vegan snack. She uses code and modular synthesizers to make music and audio-reactive video art.
