Videos on svrnm :: Severin Neumann

Why a Major AI Incident Is Coming in 2026

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In this TFiR 2026 predictions conversation, I talk about why system complexity is outpacing our ability to manage it, why 50% observability data reduction won’t be enough, and why we’re likely to see a major AI-related incident in 2026 if we don’t put better guardrails in place.

Read the full article on TFiR

eAfterWork EP 9: What Every Leader Needs to Know

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In this episode of eAfterWork, Severin Neumann, OpenTelemetry maintainer, member of the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, and one of the people who writes and maintains the official OpenTelemetry documentation, helps us understand why OpenTelemetry matters for both technical and non-technical leaders, how it’s shaping the future of observability, and what you really need to know to make the right decisions.

Purposeful OpenTelemetry

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Organizations collect far more telemetry than they use. The result? Exponential costs, PII risks, and still no root cause when incidents happen.

In this technical session, Yuri Oliveira (OllyGarden) and Severin Neumann (Causely) demonstrate:

How to identify instrumentation problems at the source
Why traces and semantic conventions enable purposeful telemetry
How quality telemetry enables causal reasoning at scale

Why Traditional SRE Breaks in Kubernetes Scale

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

AI-powered SRE isn’t about throwing alerts into an LLM and hoping it magically fixes production. In this conversation from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in Atlanta, Severin Neumann, Head of Community at Causely, explains why real AI-SRE starts long before an incident ever happens.

Neumann breaks down how teams can shift reliability left, predict failures before rollout, and rely on deterministic causal reasoning instead of correlation-driven LLM guesses. He also explains why many SRE teams burn hours chasing hallucinated remediation paths — and how causal models eliminate that risk.

What's New in Otel?

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Been too busy to keep up with what’s going on in the OTel space? No worries—we’ve been there, too! That’s why we’ve put together this new series for you (and for ourselves).

Catch up on significant updates to the project, connect with special guest maintainers, and get the chance to ask questions during the audience Q&A.

Join us for the very first episode, where we’ll chat with special guests Severin Neumann, OpenTelemetry GC & Maintainer, and Marylia Gutierrez, Contributor Experience Maintainer & JS SDK Approver, about the latest and greatest in OTel.

From Root Cause to Business Impact with Causely and ClickStack by ClickHouse

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

See how Causely and ClickStack by ClickHouse help teams fix failures confidently and address their real-world impact.

The Software With Podcast: Find the Root Cause in Seconds

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The interview with Severin Neumann examines his journey from writing his first line of code in PHP 3.0 to becoming a key figure in the world of OpenTelemetry. Severin shares insights into his career path, including his involvement with AppDynamics and Cisco, and his current role at Causely, where he focuses on Open Telemetry and causal reasoning for root cause analysis.

The Modern Observability Roundtable: AI, Rising Costs and OpenTelemetry

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In a distributed world of microservices, it’s simply not possible to set up monitors on everything that matters; we need the ability to deal with unexpected situations and react accordingly.

Read and watch on The New Stack

The Humans OpenTelemetry - KubeCon EU 2024

Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We’re back with our second edition of Humans of OpenTelemetry, this time from KubeCon EU in Paris. Reese Lee and Adriana Villela interviewed OpenTelemetry contributors and end users, to learn how they got involved with OTel and what observability means to them.

OpenTelemetry: Project Updates, Next Steps, and AMA

Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

#101 Observability und OpenTelemetry mit Severin Neumann

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In dieser Episode sprechen wir mit dem Experten Severin Neumann über Observability und OpenTelemetry. Wir diskutieren den Unterschied zwischen Monitoring und Observability, die verschiedenen Signale (Metrics, Logs, Traces), wie OpenTelemetry als offener Standard funktioniert, und wie Entwickler OpenTelemetry in ihre Anwendungen integrieren können.

Listen to the full episode on engineeringkiosk.dev

Tutorial: Exploring the Power of OpenTelemetry on Kubernetes

Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Deploying an end-to-end observability system comes with many challenges. The organization has to decide how data will be collected, what data formats will be used, sampling strategies, filter sensitive data (a.k.a. PII), and ultimately send data to the observability platform of their choice. In this session, we will teach you how to roll out end-to-end observability data collection on Kubernetes using the OpenTelemetry project. You will learn how to effectively instrument applications using auto-instrumentation, deploy the OpenTelemetry collector, and collect traces, metrics, and logs. You will gain the knowledge needed to tackle the mentioned challenges. After this session, you will be able to understand and use OpenTelemetry instrumentation libraries, collector and Kubernetes operator.

064 - Lieferst du schon Mehrwert oder bist du noch der Demo Monkey?

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Die beste Episode die wir jemals aufgenommen haben”

(Severin Neumann)

❓ Wieviel Zeit verbringst du damit, Custom Demos zu bauen?

🤷 Egal was du antwortest, vermutlich zu viel?

Unser heutiger Gast Severin war genau in der gleichen Situation. Und wie man das als Informatiker eben so macht, man setzt sich über Weihnachten hin und fängt an zu programmieren - was sonst. Herausgekommen ist der DemoMonkey.

Uns bringt der Demo Affe schon heute unglaublichen Mehrwert und dann wurden wir neugierig: Wer ist eigentlich der Kopf dahinter? Daher haben wir uns Severin zum Gespräch eingeladen und genauer nachgeforscht.

Stammtisch B2B Software Vertrieb & PreSales - DemoMonkey mit Severin Neumann

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Severin Neumann von AppDynamics stellt uns das Tool “DemoMonkey” vor und welche Möglichkeiten es euch bietet eure Demos mit wenig Aufwand zu individualisieren und anzupassen.

Themen die Severin covert:

Historie - wie kam es zu DemoMonkey
The Art of Possible - was kann DemoMonkey?
Wie kannst DU DemoMonkey nutzen?