2025-02-10

Prometheus collection methods

In OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and More: Which Is Better for Metrics Collection and Propagation? Zhu Jiekun compares different tooling for collecting Prometheus metrics, including resource footprints.

OTel resource attributes

The one and only Michele Mancioppi strikes again: read OpenTelemetry resource attributes: Best practices for Kubernetes and learn all about the power of signal source metadata in OTel. Thank you!

OTel and Lambda

Via the official OpenTelemetry blog, recommended reading if you're into serverless compute: Observing Lambdas using the OpenTelemetry Collector Extension Layer by Dominik Süß.

Firehosing OTel

Configuring the OpenTelemetry Collector for AWS Firehose by Vadim Korolik is a short but hands-on article about this topic.

Control observability costs

Yours truly providing 5 tips to control the "I" in RoI-driven observability.

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