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Strengthening our commitment to the OpenTelemetry project
Carter Socha | April 20, 2023Lightstep is the first company to natively provide customers with complete control of their telemetry pipeline which saves time and money, and provides the freedom to innovate at scale. By embracing OpenTelemetry support without vendor lock-in, Lightstep helps you make complex app development easier and faster.
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Announcing a new GitHub Action: Bring observability data directly into GitHub with Lightstep's Pre-deploy Check
Fran Thorpe | Oct 7, 2020With the release of our new GitHub Action, the Lightstep Pre-Deploy Check, developers can be proactive about ensuring the quality and performance of their software before it’s actually deployed.
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Stepping it up! Lightstep feature updates - September 2020
Robin Whitmore | Oct 6, 2020September 2020 post updated on the latest enhancements, so you're sure not to miss out on how Lightstep is evolving to make your life easier.
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Lightstep is now free for developers
Austin Parker | Oct 2, 2020We've revamped our pricing to make it easier than ever to get started with Lightstep. We want as many people as possible to start to understand the power and value of observability tools - and the best way to do that is by giving it to you for free.
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Announcing OpenTelemetry Launchers: The easiest way to get started with distributed tracing
Ben Sigelman | Sep 29, 2020Historically, adoption of distributed tracing has required manually adding tracing API calls throughout your system, or relying on various plugins. With OpenTelmetry Launchers, you can get started with one line of code.
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Stepping it up! Lightstep feature updates - June and July 2020
Robin Whitmore | Aug 17, 2020June and July 2020 post updated on the latest enhancements, so you're sure not to miss out on how Lightstep is evolving to make your life easier.
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Root cause analysis in three clicks: Announcing major updates to Lightstep’s distributed tracing
Talia Moyal | Jun 30, 2020Today, we’re excited to announce updates that enable developers to identify the root cause of virtually any regression in three simple clicks. This article will take you through the steps on how to identify what went wrong and why, in under 5 minutes.
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Stepping it Up! Lightstep Feature Updates - May 2020
Robin Whitmore | May 31, 2020May 2020 post updated on the latest enhancements, so you're sure not to miss out on how Lightstep is evolving to make your life easier.
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Stepping it Up! Lightstep Feature Updates - April 2020
Robin Whitmore | May 4, 2020April 2020 post updated on the latest enhancements, so you're sure not to miss out on how Lightstep is evolving to make your life easier.
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Lightstep Brings Observability Automation to GitHub
Fran Thorpe | Apr 23, 2020You’ve finished your pull request, merged it, and deployed the code. Then, your phone starts freaking out. Looks like your service is taking forever to respond, but where’s the bug?
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