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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Playlist: OpenTelemetry 18 videos · 30 moments · 87.3 minutes ## Observability with OpenTelemetry & Elastic - **Defining OpenTelemetry as a standardized observability framework** (07:10, 1min) — OpenTelemetry provides a rapidly growing open-source toolkit to standardize data collection across all vendor ecosystems and programming languages. - **Integrating Elastic dashboards with OpenTelemetry data schemas** (22:22, 3min) — Routing standardized telemetry into Elastic's unified schema provides powerful search capabilities and comprehensive dashboards for advanced debugg... - **Core concepts of application instrumentation and telemetry** (09:05, 3min) — Instrumenting application code enables the continuous emission of telemetry signals that detail system behavior without inspecting internal mechani... - **Implementing manual and automatic instrumentation in Python** (19:43, 2min) — Python developers can embed specific library calls manually or use an automated toolkit to seamlessly track common frameworks without altering core... [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1232-observability-with-opentelemetry-elastic) ## Handling incidents collaboratively is like solving a rubix cube - **Standardizing telemetry extraction using the OpenTelemetry framework** (10:59, 2min) — Adopting a vendor-neutral standard simplifies application instrumentation while allowing infrastructure teams to switch backend storage layers effo... [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/680-handling-incidents-collaboratively-is-like-solving-a-rubix-cube) ## Hands on with OpenTelemetry - **Centralizing data with the OpenTelemetry collector component** (07:25, 3min) — How the OpenTelemetry collector standardizes and collates code-level instrumentation data across microservice environments. - **Evaluating practical OpenTelemetry downsides alongside pending transformation features** (46:45, 2min) — Identifying potential execution weaknesses in automatic language integrations compared to stable vendor options. - **Integrating OpenTelemetry pipeline platforms with embedded third-party observability providers** (49:11, 2min) — Verifying exact external ingestion support guarantees to ensure clean telemetry parsing across strict dashboard environments. - **Understanding out-of-scope execution capabilities for the OpenTelemetry standard** (35:45, 4min) — Distinguishing pure data transmission specifications from external dashboarding limits, alerting services, and uptime monitoring. - **Integrating existing application logs into OpenTelemetry pipelines** (12:14, 3min) — How standard log collection remains a primary observability method that feeds directly into automated collector pipelines. - **Passing contextual system variables using OpenTelemetry baggage traces** (33:49, 1min) — Adding generalized execution context tags to tracing headers for smart routing or container security validation. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/841-hands-on-with-opentelemetry) ## Telemetry without the 'Tool Tax' - **Using OpenTelemetry as a single vendor-agnostic code dependency** (07:16, 1min) — Unified standards capture essential application data without locking teams into a specific backend. - **The origin story and unification of OpenTelemetry standards** (08:17, 2min) — OpenTracing and OpenCensus merged under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation to eliminate divided instrumentation standards. - **Implementing tracing and metrics code with OpenTelemetry APIs** (17:51, 1min) — Developers can implement practical exception tracing and system load aggregation using well-documented specifications. - **Core architectural components of the OpenTelemetry data pipeline** (11:49, 3min) — Telemetry data journeys from application code through APIs, language-specific agents, and collectors before reaching exporters. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/386-telemetry-without-the-tool-tax) ## Tips, Techniques, and Common Pitfalls Debugging Kafka - **Gathering metrics natively with OpenTelemetry frameworks** (22:11, 4min) — How the CNCF OpenTelemetry project standardizes application logging models across programming languages. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/838-tips-techniques-and-common-pitfalls-debugging-kafka) ## One AI API to Power Them All - **Tracing agent telemetry with OpenTelemetry and Jaeger tools** (17:12, 3min) — Exposing granular execution spans via observability standards clarifies complex internal calls and network lags. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1601-one-ai-api-to-power-them-all) ## Startup Presentation: Observability-driven development with OpenTelemetry - **Bridging observability and testing with distributed tracing** (00:01, 1min) — Combining OpenTelemetry distributed tracing with trace-based testing helps technical teams catch microservice errors before they reach production. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1179-startup-presentation-observability-driven-development-with-opentelemetry) ## Unlocking the AI Black Box: Building Trust in the Era of Agentic Production - **Standardizing AI telemetry with the OpenTelemetry framework** (06:36, 0min) — Using an industry-standard framework to capture consistent tracing and log data from generative AI. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100086-unlocking-the-ai-black-box-building-trust-in-the-era-of-agentic-production) ## Keymate – Modern Authorization for Developers - **Tracking telemetry events and orchestrating parallel migration runs** (05:09, 0min) — Utilizing OpenTelemetry for event tracing enables simultaneous execution of legacy and new systems to ensure frictionless migrations. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1661-keymate-modern-authorization-for-developers) ## The AI-Ready Stack: Rethinking the Engineering Org of the Future - **Maintaining code quality with open standard observability and pipelines** (19:28, 2min) — Why generating code rapidly requires stronger continuous integration pipelines and foundational logging tools like OpenTelemetry. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1706-the-ai-ready-stack-rethinking-the-engineering-org-of-the-future) ## Keycloak case study: Making users happy with service level indicators and observability - **Investigating request root causes with distributed tracing tools** (14:08, 3min) — Adopting OpenTelemetry tracing frameworks to capture and scrutinize detailed context surrounding slow requests. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1599-keycloak-case-study-making-users-happy-with-service-level-indicators-and-observability) ## All your telemetry data from any source in one place - **Consolidating observability data within a unified telemetry platform** (20:21, 5min) — Centralizing application metrics and open-source tool data into a single time-series database simplifies team troubleshooting workflows. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/57-all-your-telemetry-data-from-any-source-in-one-place) ## Easy Mode Monitoring and Logging with Shiftmon - **Instrumenting supported infrastructure components for automated telemetry scraping** (13:53, 3min) — Automating metric ingestion across supported infrastructure components enables deep visibility into networking domains and container hosts. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2114-easy-mode-monitoring-and-logging-with-shiftmon) ## The OpenTelemetry mistakes I keep seeing (and how to stop making them) - **Key takeaways for building trustworthy application telemetry** (22:05, 1min) — Regularly reviewing raw production data reveals hidden data leaks and unnecessary noise before real incidents happen. - **Preventing sensitive data leaks in application telemetry** (08:27, 6min) — Capturing everything by default often leads to accidentally exposing passwords, email addresses, and personally identifiable information. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100158-the-opentelemetry-mistakes-i-keep-seeing-and-how-to-stop-making-them) ## Beyond the Benchmark: How to Evaluate AI Agents in the Real World - **Implementing a robust observability stack for agents** (14:49, 3min) — Structuring a deployment leverages metrics, logs, and traces through tools like Prometheus and OpenTelemetry. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100269-beyond-the-benchmark-how-to-evaluate-ai-agents-in-the-real-world) ## From Painful to Easy: Discover .NET Aspire - **Standardizing configurations across services with service defaults** (17:53, 2min) — Implementing unified OpenTelemetry, health checking, and resilience policies secures all runnable applications using a shared static class. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1553-from-painful-to-easy-discover-net-aspire) ## Resilient by Design: Building Robust Architectures in High-Stakes Financial Systems - **Architecting tiered observability based on strict latency budgets** (19:26, 6min) — Differentiating telemetry mechanisms across hot, warm, and cold paths prevents observation tools from causing performance regressions. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2106-resilient-by-design-building-robust-architectures-in-high-stakes-financial-systems) ## From minutes to seconds: Lessons learned optimizing multi-turn agentic workflows - **Measuring latency and token usage via tracing** (08:53, 1min) — Tracking step-by-step LLM inputs and costs to establish baseline performance metrics. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2078-from-minutes-to-seconds-lessons-learned-optimizing-multi-turn-agentic-workflows)