OTel Me More: OpenTelemetry Project News - Vol 3

This week’s news includes recorded talks from Strange LoopStrange Loop as well as some good-first-issue recommendations from the opentelemetry-go SDK.

OpenTelemetry Project News

• A major update to the opentelemetry.ioopentelemetry.io website is underway, with some core content being ported from opentracing.ioopentracing.io. Keep an eye on progress in the website repowebsite repo.

• OpenTelemetry will be participating in HacktoberfestHacktoberfest! This is a great opportunity for new contributors to get involved – be on the lookout for issues with the hacktoberfest label appearing in OpenTelemetry repositories.

• Want to contribute? Get started with one of these issues from opentelemetry-goopentelemetry-go:

• Stdout exporter for builtin trace SDK #134#134

• Named Tracer #127#127

• SDK: Create separate package for exporter interface #77#77

Awesome Articles, Resources, and Links

• Pure Performance: Understanding Distributed Tracing, Trace Context, OpenCensus, OpenTracing, and OpenTelemetryPure Performance: Understanding Distributed Tracing, Trace Context, OpenCensus, OpenTracing, and OpenTelemetry (podcast)

• Now Playing: Your Zipkin Traces in LightstepNow Playing: Your Zipkin Traces in Lightstep by David Klein

• Everything You Wanted to Know About Distributed TracingEverything You Wanted to Know About Distributed Tracing (video) Hungai Kevin Amuhinda at Strange Loop

• Beyond Traces: the insights in trace aggregatesBeyond Traces: the insights in trace aggregates (video) Daniela Miao at Strange Loop

Upcoming Conferences, Talks, and Live Events

• [Sept 24] OpenTelemetry TuesdaysOpenTelemetry Tuesdays on Twitch starting at 11am PT, co-hosted by Liz Fong-JonesLiz Fong-Jones and Isobel Redelmeier (that's me!)

• [Oct 9] Making Your System Observable from the Outside-InMaking Your System Observable from the Outside-In, Joe Blubaugh at APIWorldAPIWorld

• [Nov 18] If you’re headed to KubeCon + CloudNativeConKubeCon + CloudNativeCon this November, be sure to check out the Observability Practitioners SummitObservability Practitioners Summit on Day Zero - passes can be added when you register for KubeCon or by logging into your existing registration profile

Interested in joining our team? See our open positions herehere.