PinnedAlex BotenWhat is OpenTelemetry?You may have heard of it, but what is this open source project represented by a telescope all about? And why do we need it?6 min read·Oct 29, 2020----
Alex BotenBuilding the OpenTelemetry CollectorThe OpenTelemetry Collector Builder is a tool that allows users to compile their own custom instance of the Collector. This is useful in a…3 min read·Aug 21, 2023----
Alex BotenA user interface for OpenTelemetryThe OpenTelemetry demo application version 1.4 was released in April of 2023. If you’re unfamiliar with the demo, it is comprised of many…4 min read·Apr 26, 2023----
Alex BotenUnderstanding the OpenTelemetry CollectorWouldn’t it be great to configure an exporter once, and then use only configuration files to modify the destination of the data? There is.3 min read·Jun 20, 2022----
Alex BotenDisabling go modules in Visual Studio CodeIf you’ve been struggling with go modules and VSCode, this might just help you out2 min read·May 26, 2020----
Alex BoteninLevel Up CodingPython Auto-instrumentation with OpenTelemetryYou want use distributed tracing, but don’t have the time to revisit the codebase of your services, auto-instrumentation to the rescue!4 min read·May 12, 2020--2--2
Alex BotenSetting up BPF Experiments on MacOSOne of the biggest pains in the butt to writing BPF code on MacOS is getting the right environment setup…4 min read·Apr 24, 2020--3--3
Alex BotenTests, delivery and other important things in software developmentThere’s a scene from the Simpson episode “Lisa the Simpson” where Lisa appears on a television broadcast to make an appeal to the…7 min read·Oct 1, 2019----
Alex BotenStop saying this sh*t in the officeHere comes a rant. There’s a handful of words that I hear people using repeatedly that make my skin crawl…5 min read·Jun 10, 2019--4--4
Alex BotenRedis-tributed: Distributed Tracing through RedisDistributed applications come in all shapes and sizes. I set out to find out if it was possible to use Redis to propagate tracing data…5 min read·Mar 30, 2019--1--1