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
hacktoberfestlabel 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
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.
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