Most developers use automatic instrumentation without knowing how it actually works. This post breaks down the key techniques behind it—not to build your own, but to understand what’s really happening when things “just work.” Read the full articles on: Causely Blog, OpenTelemetry Blog
I have a confession to make: I struggled for a long time with the statement: “Observability helps you uncover unknown unknowns.” It never quite sat right with me. If you can uncover an “unknown unknown” using Observability, wasn’t it always, in some sense, a known unknown? Or perhaps even an unknown known you just hadn’t noticed? That logical loop kept bothering me. Recently, I realized where my understanding failed, and thought this might be worth sharing: ...