The journey to better telemetry starts here. A new community-driven Instrumentation Score provides a path to help answer this old question.
In this article I explore why you need good quality observability data to operate systems efficiently, how that necessitates OpenTelemetry and the value of adopting it, and how Instrumentation Score can help.
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Ask ten engineers what a "platform" or "platform engineering" is, and you'll likely get ten different answers. Crucially, most of those answers will focus solely on the tech stack, not on how people interact with the platform. This trend needs to change. Otherwise, we risk disgruntled platform engineers frustrated by how their platforms are used, platform users who see technology adoption as a burden, and leaders who question the value of investing in an internal platform at all.
Daniel Gomez Blanco, translated by Kazunori Otani (2025)
O'Reilly (originally published by Springer Nature, Apress)
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A journey to revolutionise Skyscanner's observability platform and help engineers operate complex distributed systems with confidence. This article describes the challenges faced, the solutions implemented, and the lessons learned along the way.
Read the full article on Skyscanner's Medium.
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Juraci Paixão Kröhling and I had the pleasure of joining Mat Ryer and Matt Toback on a new episode of Grafana Big Tent where we took a deep dive into the evolution of OTel from its early days (including the story of how OTel got its name) to its current state and future roadmap.
JinglOTel, JinglOTel, Jingle all the way!
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