author of the post here - was inspired to write this post after working with OTEL for a few months - realized that OTEL had a ridiculously large surface area that most people (at least myself) might not be aware of
I see a lot of comments about how overly complex OTEL is. I don't disagree with this. in some sense, OTEL is very much the k8 for observability (good and bad)
The good is that it is a standard that can support every conceivable use case and has wide industry adoption
The bad is that there is inherent complexity in needing to support the wide array of use cases
I see a lot of comments about how overly complex OTEL is. I don't disagree with this. in some sense, OTEL is very much the k8 for observability (good and bad)
The good is that it is a standard that can support every conceivable use case and has wide industry adoption The bad is that there is inherent complexity in needing to support the wide array of use cases