During the last @infoq.com Dev Summit in Munich Wayne Bell and I talked about the need for OpenTelemetry, what it means to run an observability platform as a product, and the hardest thing of all this cool techy stuff: having the right culture for it. Watch it here! www.infoq.com/presentation...

🗓️ Over a year in the making 📈 One of the fastest-growing projects in #OpenTelemetry Introducing the Ecosystem Explorer The Ecosystem Explorer helps you understand OTel before you start. We’re starting with Java, with plenty more to come. Got ideas? Come build with us. buff.ly/EAfFJZg

Great summary of how @skyscanner.net adopted #OpenTelemetry at scale! 60M requests/minute in that service mesh definitely puts things to the test

Sometimes, when I've had a bad day, I like reminding myself to "not be too harsh and the pursuit of perfection". Some wisdom from a vinyl installation tutorial I got for an old laptop, that lives permanently on my fridge door now.

Hey, no offence to the folks at #KubeCon that were wearing all the badges from past editions on their lanyard. It's fucking effort and one should be proud. But, I've rewatched Office Space not long ago and the only thing I could think was "we need to talk about your flair"

It's hard to believe who first thought sending messages on WhatsApp was a suitable form of communication for recruiters.

I have a joke about OTel, but folks don't always get the context

🚨 KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 is fast approaching! Will we see you there? Make sure to add #OpenTelemetry talks and events to your plans. We combed the event schedule so you don't have to!

On-premises data centers, legacy apps, industrial control systems. These are just some of the traditional environments presenting challenges to implementing modern observability. In our latest blog post, learn how to make formerly opaque systems observable with #OpenTelemetry. buff.ly/90xC2ME

This illegal invasion of another country while its citizens sleep is a cynical act of American imperialism. The fact that Venezuela has some of the world’s largest oil reserves makes this feel very familiar. Greens stand against this contempt of international law. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...

The US has launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on Venezuela. This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources. It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.

日本のOpenTelemetryユーザーの皆さん、ぜひご意見をお聞かせください！ 2026年の計画を立てるにあたり、皆様のオブザーバビリティへの取り組みを真に支援するイベントやコンテンツを共に作って行きましょう！ ご意見はこちらへ：

sparrowsleeps.com/collections/... This popped up on my Tidal discovery for some reason! Currently listening to their Offspring's "The Kids Aren't Alright" rendition. I'm not a parent, but I know what I would be listening to if I was one!

🎁 Give yourself an early gift: register for OTel Unplugged EU! Feb 2 in Brussels. Unconference = you control the agenda. Limited spots. Perfect if you're already planning FOSDEM attendance 🎯 buff.ly/aaUyQsx Help us reach more people - repost! 🔄

🌲 Who’s ready for a cozy holiday chat about the past, present, and future of #OpenTelemetry? Join us to hear about early challenges, key improvements to the spec, tooling, and developer experience, and exciting developments we’re most looking forward to in 2026. 📍Sign-up here: ow.ly/WARi50XxQfo

Spent my Thanksgiving playing with public incident data and seeing if it was under statistical control. surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/11/27/f...

Good readout (and impressively fast postmortem) of Cloudflare’s incident. It hits all the usual signs of a painful P1 of this scale… blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-...

The Governance Committee has published a new statement on the blog, outlining proposals around improving the user experience, stability, and release practices across the project. We’d appreciate feedback from users and maintainers.

Company-wide day off today, time to (finally) start editing photos from a recent trip! This is about 2/15 days... so much good stuff to go through 500px.com/p/dan_gomezb...

Considering the travel disruption expected for folks travelling to Atlanta, here's an idea that #KubeCon NA could copy from KubeCon EU... Rotate countries in NA every other year! I mean, who doesn't like the sound of KubeCon Cancun?

Loving the thumbnail (randomly?) chosen for this recording from #KCD Edinburgh! "So, which signal should I use?" would've been a great title for this talk too, because that (plus giving logs the love they deserve) is what we tried to cover in less than 25 minutes 😄 #otel #opentelemetry

Nominations close today! If you know anyone (truly anyone, doesn't have to be a project maintainer or code contributor) that has helped you in your #OTel journey, or that you think has helped the community in different ways, give them your appreciation via our Community Awards!

The tail of a distribution is always interesting... like whoever decided to give The Witcher S04E05 a 10 on IMBD!

Voting for the @opentelemetry.io Governance Committee elections is now open! If you're eligible, head to vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/elect... and cast your vote! It takes 2 minutes, but make sure you go to end until you see this screen otherwise your vote doesn't count! Power to the people! ✊

The second phase of the OpenTelemetry CI/CD special interest group (SIG) is approved and merged! 🎉 If you're interested in #cicd #observability #SemanticConventions #opentelemetry - join us! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @opentelemetry.io

Want to recognise a contributor or say some nice words about someone that made your life easier, or that helped OpenTelemetry grow? Nominate them for the OpenTelemetry Community Awards! This could be anyone, inside or outside the OpenTelemetry project!

Super excided about this. Come join us in Brussels!

Don't take it from mainstream news or any government official, this is a short and clear explanation of the legal situation regarding @freedomflotilla.bsky.social by a Professor of International Law at the Australian National University.

Join us in welcoming the newest members of the #OpenTelemetry Technical Committee! 🎉 buff.ly/9Ctgeit

And then some of us grumble when we have to explain the value of observability over and over again... 😬

Spain will not be participating in Eurovision 2026 if Israel is allowed to compete, the state broadcaster announced

Best part of preparing presentations? The memes, always the memes #opentelemetry #otel #observability #context #correlation

We all talk about high-quality telemetry, AI-assisted RCA, advanced tooling... but honestly, it's all meaningless without the foundational basis of system (and subsystem) boundaries, ownership, and responsibility.

On the downside, I have spent my Sunday drying my passports (yes, both, Spanish and British) very carefully after they went through the wash, learning about passport validity, and finding out that I cannot get any of them replaced in time for my trip to India and Bhutan in 9 days. On the upside...

Visited family last week and saw the tail end of this... 😢 As someone that left Galicia more than 15 years ago and visits often, I've seen the effects of climate change exponentially turn my rainy and green homeland into something unrecognisable at times, bit by bit.

UN-backed experts declared famine in Gaza for the first time. “The Gaza famine is the world’s famine,” UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said. “For humanity’s sake, let us in.” Watch Fletcher’s unfiltered interview with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, from earlier this summer: zeteo.com/p/un-humanit...

Our latest blog post shows how the End User SIG created a low-effort, data-driven way for the community to signal what matters most. So the next time you’re browsing issues, don’t read and leave. If an issue resonates, give the description a 👍. That’s it. Like it. That’s the signal. buff.ly/qczEqCH

This is clearly where this is all going

Hearing Oasis playing at Murrayfield Stadium from my flat... As a Blur fan, I can only think...

Spoken word gig at @edfringe.bsky.social, small audience, active participation. Got asked what I do. Panic. Observability Architect would be wtf so conversation moves on to open source... And just like that I got a poem (and a great performance). Thanks Brian! Go watch him at the Royal Scots Club!

New blog post! #OpenTelemetry in Practice: Alibaba's OpenTelemetry Journey

I've just realised I've not shared this over here! A couple of weeks ago I decided to put together some of my thoughts about what we mean by "good" telemetry, how it necessitates #OpenTelemetry and by extension semconv/Weaver, and how it relates to #InstrumentationScore and maturity models.

No, eBay, based on the fact that I just bought a Bluetooth adapter for an old computer for five quid, I'm not interested in checking out new deals on Bluetooth adapters!

Finally made the move from Spotify to Tidal, for many reasons... and oh boy! FLAC/Dolby Atmos, I wish I'd met you sooner!!

OTel Collector users — we want to hear from you (again)! Last year, we did a survey to learn how you’re using the Collector. The response shaped a lot of our thinking. Now we’re back with a quick follow-up. Tell us what’s changed, what’s working, and what’s still rough. 👉https://buff.ly/Ghoh5H9

Once again, I'm asking you to start your online recipe with the ingredients, not how you found it on a soul searching trip to Varanasi

As a Spaniard and an adopted Scot, I double endorse this message every time Spain plays against England. Vamos, la roja!! 💪

🎬 And that's a wrap! In the latest session of #OTel in Practice, we spoke with Huxing Zhang and Steve Rao of Alibaba, as they explained how Alibaba adopted #OpenTelemetry over the years, including their contributions to the project. If you missed it, catch up on the recording at buff.ly/iDYzz4J

📣 This Wednesday, 16th July at 4PM CST / 10AM CET join us for a new session of OTel in Practice with Huxing Zhang and Steve Rao. 🔭 Discover how Alibaba has approached #OpenTelemetry adoption within their internal platform and services. 📅 RSVP at

The toilet spares site I just ordered from asked me to "share my order on socials"... Either they don't know their audience, or there's a community of toilet enthusiasts eager to hear about my fill valve issues.