OpenTelemetry Project News
Open source engineers from across the OpenTelemetry project are buzzing with excitement as the first wave of beta releases reach their final stages of testing and approval. The beta releases next week mark a point of wider availability and feedback from users that will polish OpenTelemetry into the source for tracing and observability instrumentation.
You can expect beta releases from the following implementations next week:
These OpenTelemetry SIGs are looking for extra support! Open source efforts rely on developers like you – get involved with one of these implementations:
OTel-RustOTel-Rust is looking for contributors and maintainers
OTel-PHPOTel-PHP is looking for contributors and maintainers
OTel-C++OTel-C++ is looking for contributors and maintainers
OTel-RubyOTel-Ruby has seen a lot of contributions, but would benefit from having more dedicated maintainers
This week’s Featured Issues:
OpenTelemetry-Rust #16: Add stdout trace exporterAdd stdout trace exporter
OpenTelemetry-Rust #54: Add a Base64 decoderAdd a Base64 decoder
Awesome Articles, Resources, and Links
When and How to Move to MicroservicesWhen and How to Move to Microservices
What is OpenTelemetry and What Does it Bring?What is OpenTelemetry and What Does it Bring?
Upcoming Conferences, Talks, and Live Events
Kubecon EU has been postponedKubecon EU has been postponed due to COVID-19. We will share more information as it becomes available.
Join us in Boston, MA on April 6 for Observe 20/20Observe 20/20, and make sure to check back for details on an OpenTelemetry workshop during the event
Stay tuned to the OpenTelemetry Twitch channelOpenTelemetry Twitch channel for the weekly show ‘OpenTelemetry Tuesdays’ and event-specific livestreams
Want to Contribute?
How to Start Contributing to OpenTelemetryHow to Start Contributing to OpenTelemetry (blog) by Austin Parker
OpenTelemetry is an open source project with implementations in many different languages, so whether you prefer to work with PythonPython), find an issue and get started!
Interested in joining our team? See our open positions herehere.
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