OTel Me More: OpenTelemetry Project News - Vol 1

OpenTelemetry Project News

• Project contributors have been hard at work on the OpenTelemetry cross-language specification, with less than a month remaining until several upcoming launches:
• As of September 1, an initial working version of compatibility between OpenTelemetry and the OpenTracing/OpenCensus projects is available.
• The Tracing API also saw an Alpha release on September 1; feedback on further design and development is much appreciated!
• With Tracing now in Alpha, the Metrics and Context APIs are targeted for a September 15th Alpha release.
• September 30th remains the target date for Alpha versions of the Go, C#, Python, Java, and server-side JavaScript (Node.js) SDKs.
• New contributors are always welcome! Check out the Contributor Guide to get started.

Awesome Articles, Resources, and Links

• Notes from Observability Roundtables: Capabilities deep-dive by Peter Tuhtan
• A Brief History of the Span: Hard to Love, Hard to Kill by Ben Sigelman
• If you're headed to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon this November, be sure to check out the Observability Practitioners Summit on Day Zero; passes can be added when you register for KubeCon or by logging into your existing registration profile
• Tune in to OpenTelemetry Tuesdays on Twitch each week starting at 10am PT, co-hosted by me and Liz Fong-Jones