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Modern applications are often complex, distributed systems. Debugging them is not fun: you have to follow requests across services, logs get lost, and metrics are often hard to correlate. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack - except the haystack is on fire, and the needle keeps moving. This is where OpenTelemetry (OTel) can help.

← all posts go observability cncf OpenTelemetry: A Guide to Observability with Go Modern applications are often complex, distributed systems. Debugging them is not fun: you have to follow requests across services, logs get lost, and metrics are often hard to correlate. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack - except the haystack is on fire, and the needle keeps moving. This is where OpenTelemetry (OTel) can help. Luca Cavallin Published 6 February 2025 ⏱ 17 min read Chapters 5 ▾ A Few Important Concepts First Setting Up Telemetry in Go Using the Telemetry Package So Where Does the Teleme

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