OTel isn't going well (and I made a spreadsheet about it)
For years now one of the most reliable complaints I hear when I try to drag a team off their vendor specific SDK and onto OpenTelemetry is some variation of: "why does it seem like this isn't done yet?"
Vendor SDKs for observability are, to put it charitably, idiot-
Vendor SDKs for observability are, to put it charitably, idiot-
Summary
Many teams are hesitant to switch from vendor-specific SDKs to OpenTelemetry due to the perception that the framework is incomplete. A detailed spreadsheet highlights these frustrations and raises questions about the ongoing challenges in adopting OpenTelemetry for observability.
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