Observability Real Talk

Saving Money with Sampling Strategies Beyond Head and Tail-based Sampling

I decided to go down the rabbit hole to find the strategies that don’t get the spotlight and make this edition about the lesser-known types of sampling.

Feb 17 • Elizabeth

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How to Reduce Telemetry Volume by 40% Smartly (Java)

But with great power comes great responsibility.

Feb 4 • Elizabeth

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January 2026

6 Things I Learned About OpenTelemetry Contribution (That the Docs Won't Tell You)

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to start or restart contributing to OTel, this is it! 💖 ✨

Jan 20 • Elizabeth

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BTS of OpenTelemetry Auto-instrumentation

OpenTelemetry’s auto-instrumentation toolkit boils down to a couple of clever techniques that make all of this possible. Let's discuss them!

Jan 10 • Elizabeth

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December 2025

Reducing OpenTelemetry Bundle Size in Browser Frontend

But here’s the thing, neglecting observability for reducing bundle size isn’t a good trade-off.

Dec 20, 2025 • Elizabeth

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How We Achieved 30% Faster Log Queries by Overcoming ClickHouse's Native JSON Limits

What started as an investigation into filtering inconsistent dot-key notation in JSON logs ended up optimising our query performance by 30%.

Dec 13, 2025 • Piyush

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November 2025

Patterns for Deploying OTel Collector at Scale

As applications grow, the question quickly shifts from what OTel can do to how we can deploy it effectively at scale. In this post, we’ll explore some…

Nov 30, 2025 • Elizabeth

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What is eBPF & What Does it Mean for Observability?

Decoding the buzz behind eBPF!

Nov 22, 2025 • Elizabeth

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100 GitHub Releases. Yet it's day one 😊

Here’s to the next 100. We’re just getting started!

Nov 16, 2025 • Anushka Karmakar

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October 2025

ELI5 Auth Model for OpenTelemetry Collector

In modern systems, where even a small mishap can wreak havoc and you might wake up to a $$$ bill the next day, we should do whatever is within our…

Oct 26, 2025 • Elizabeth

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LLM Observability in the Wild - Why OpenTelemetry should be the Standard

Building, debugging, and improving AI agents in production gets messy fast. So, what's the solution? Read on!

Oct 12, 2025 • Pranay

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September 2025