Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 28/09/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with great contributions from an OpenTelemetry quiz to SDK overhead to a new CloudWatch offering: o11y.news/2026-09-28/ #observability 030
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 21/09/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with an important graduation update and excellent hands-on material: o11y.news/2026-09-21/ #observability 050
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 14/09/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with excellent insights from practitioners, tooling, and more: o11y.news/2026-09-14/ #observability 020
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 31/08/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with great end-user insights, guides, and new tooling: o11y.news/2026-08-31/ #observability 131
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 17/08/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with excellent contributions from OpAMP to IoT to costs to cardinality: o11y.news/2026-08-17/ #observability 030
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 27/07/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with exciting tooling, what you can do with policies in OpenTelemetry, and more: o11y.news/2026-07-27/ #observability 010
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 13/07/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with a range of topics from OTTL to best practices to tooling: o11y.news/2026-07-13/ #observability 110
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 22/06/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with amazing content from events to tooling to OpenTelemetry in action: o11y.news/2026-06-22/ #observability 020
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 08/06/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with tons of interesting content from end-users to tooling to new developments in OpenTelemetry: o11y.news/2026-06-08/ #observability 130
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 20/05/2026Implemented a POC of an in-browser anomaly detection using the Isolation Forest Processor of the OpenTelemetry collector: rengong.info/in-browser-a... If you want to try it out, you'd need to download the HTML page and open locally in your browser. #opentelemetry #rum #client #anomalydetectionrengong.infoIn-browser anomaly detectionThis Claude artifact shows an in-browser anomaly detection using OpenTelemetry and Web Assembly 000
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 19/05/2026You might remember Norton Commander, but do you know OTel Commander? github.com/mhausenblas/... #opentelemetry #collector #opamp #fleet #admin #sre 130
Reposted by Michael HausenblasLiz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 18/05/2026so I was either delivering presentations or burnt out for the past 8 days, and it looks like a shitton more vulns dropped besides CopyFail (which I mitigated)? go read Ti's thing, it helped me catch up on WTF was going on and what I should check in on my team with once I get back to work tomorrow. 2285
Reposted by Michael HausenblasTobias Müller @tobilg.com · 18/05/2026Launching latlng, an open source geospatial object engine written in Rust. latlng.cloudlatlng.cloudlatlng — Open-source geospatial object engine in Rust + WebAssemblyOpen-source spatial database in Rust. Spatial indexing, geofencing as code, durable webhook events — native or in the browser via WebAssembly. 1144
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 14/05/2026Yay! @opentelemetry.io is now officially listed … 030
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 11/05/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with super exciting OpenTelemetry news (from graduation to maturity model), practitioners sharing insights, and new tooling: o11y.news/2026-05-11/ #observability 110
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 11/05/2026That looks amazing, gotta try it out. github.com/unkn0wn-root...github.comGitHub - unkn0wn-root/resterm: Terminal API client for HTTP/GraphQL/gRPC with support for SSH tunnels, WebSockets, SSE, Workflows, Profiling, OpenAPI, Kubernetes port-forwarding and headless API.Terminal API client for HTTP/GraphQL/gRPC with support for SSH tunnels, WebSockets, SSE, Workflows, Profiling, OpenAPI, Kubernetes port-forwarding and headless API. - unkn0wn-root/resterm 020
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 10/05/2026Now is a good time to get started with local AI, no matter if from an individual POV or in the context of regulated business (health care, FinTech, etc.). WDYT? #genai #localai #llm 020
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 10/05/2026My terminal stack for the past 10+ years was Alacritty/tmux/Fish shell. With agents becoming mainstream, I wanted to modernize the stack. After spending a few hours working in anger with Wave, configuring it, clocking how GenAI works in it, I am sold! Recommend to try yourself: www.waveterm.dev 100
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 09/05/2026\o/ OpenTelemetry graduation passed!! github.com/cncf/toc/pul...github.comWhat: Graduation DD - OpenTelemetry by TheFoxAtWork · Pull Request #2134 · cncf/tocWhy: Completion of DD and adopter interviess This change address the need by: documenting the DD recording the adopter interviews Resolving [Graduation] OpenTelemetry Graduation Application #173... 060
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 08/05/2026Continuing my sabbatical builder spree: Meet otel.eexplorer, your friendly open-source OpenTelemetry Entity explorer. Feedback welcome here or via GitHub. github.com/mhausenblas/... #opentelemetry #entity #explorer #visualization #knowledgebase #sparql 091
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 05/05/2026Kicking off my sabbatical builder bonanza with Panta Rhei (PR). It let's you challenge and explore changelogs 8-} github.com/mhausenblas/pr #devexp #git #changelog #tooling 000
Reposted by Michael HausenblasDash0 @dash0.com · 04/05/2026How do you scale to 20x ARR while cutting your observability bill by 50%? 💸 Tiago Bernardinelli and Mirko Novakovic talk about migration to an OTel stack. 50% savings. Seamless migration. No more PromQL. Watch the full chat: eu1.hubs.ly/H0t-0KN0 #Observability #OpenTelemetry #SRE #Dash0 011
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 04/05/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with really useful tooling, interesting community initiatives and more: o11y.news/2026-05-04/ #observability 011
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 02/05/2026After 7+ years, I wrapped up my gig at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Thu 4/30. I am leaving incredibly thankful for all the things I've learned there. As an old open-source community saying goes "same team, different employer", I will continue on the Team OpenTelemetry, stay tuned. #aws #goodbye 3220
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 01/05/2026Happy that todayI passed the OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA) with 92%, kudos to @jpkroehling.bsky.social excellent test exams :) openprofile.dev/profile/mhau... #otca #opentelemetry #cert #cncfopenprofile.devIndividual Dashboard | The Linux Foundation 010
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 01/05/2026Another data point that the @OpenTelemetry project truly listens to the community and act upon feedback in a timely and helpful manner: meet the OpenTelemetry ecosystem explorer (currently Java only but I’m certain not for long): explorer.opentelemetry.io #opentelemetry #explorer #devexexplorer.opentelemetry.ioOpenTelemetry Ecosystem Explorer 040
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 30/04/2026Really good article, kudos to @094459.bsky.social: legallayer.substack.com/p/who-owns-t...legallayer.substack.comWho Owns the Code Claude Wrote?AI-generated code copyright explained for builders. 020
Reposted by Michael Hausenblasaustin @aparker.io · 27/04/2026reading @norootcause.surfingcomplexity.com this morning to me, observability has always been the answer to “how do we move towards safety-II culture” but the myopic focus on big chungus json search and dashboards has crippled this transformation surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/04/26/t...surfingcomplexity.blogThe normal work of creating reliabilityHere’s a recent comment on LinkedIn from John Allspaw, on a post by Gandhi Mathi Nathan Kumar about availability. Allspaw’s comment is a succinct description of a safety model proposed … 3151
Reposted by Michael HausenblasOpenTelemetry @opentelemetry.io · 27/04/2026OpenTelemetry ❤️ Prometheus! The #OTel and #Prometheus projects are strengthening interoperability. 🛠️ Building with both? Check out our client library comparison, plus updates on Prometheus compatibility and exporter spec stabilization. Links in 🧵! 🗳️ Running both? Take our survey! buff.ly/XhVm0Fgdocs.google.comSurvey: 🔭OpenTelemetry ↔ 🔥Prometheus InteroperabilityPrivacy notice: The data collected in this survey will be anonymised and publicly shared in the GitHub repositories prometheus-community/ux-research and opentelemetry/sig-end-user under the CC0 1.0… 184
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 27/04/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with an exciting mix of end-user insights and really cool tooling: o11y.news/2026-04-27/ #observability 041
Reposted by Michael HausenblasChris Aniszczyk @cra.dev · 22/04/2026Thank you Bloomberg engineering for stepping up here, would love to see other companies do this with open source projects "Sustaining OpenTelemetry: Moving from dependency management to stewardship" www.cncf.io/blog/2026/03...cncf.ioSustaining OpenTelemetry: Moving from dependency management to stewardshipModern software runs on open source. In fact, “free” and open source software generates more than $500 billion in annual value in the U.S. alone and an estimated $8.8 trillion in total global value. 093
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 20/04/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with most excellent contributions, from end-users to OpenTelemetry to Prometheus: o11y.news/2026-04-20/ #observability 030
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 16/04/2026FYI: Now the full, 20min walkthrough of OpenTelemetry Demo: The Game is available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLdc... #obserability #opentelemetry #awsyoutube.comOpenTelemetry Demo: The Game [full walkthrough]YouTube video by Michael Hausenblas (mh9) 011
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 13/04/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with amazing OpenTelemetry and Prometheus content: o11y.news/2026-04-13/ #observability 040
Reposted by Michael HausenblasTobias Schmidt @tpschmidt.com · 11/04/2026AWS just shipped native OpenTelemetry metrics support in CloudWatch. This one got buried under the S3 Files announcement, but it deserves more attention! 151
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 10/04/2026Meet OpenTelemetry Demo: The Game youtu.be/bjW9oT5lIRU github.com/aws-observab... #opentelemetry #observability #game #cloudwatchyoutu.beOpenTelemetry Demo: The Game [short]YouTube video by Michael Hausenblas (mh9) 032
Reposted by Michael HausenblasChris Aniszczyk @cra.dev · 08/04/2026"Inside Adobe's OpenTelemetry pipeline: simplicity at scale" opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/de...opentelemetry.ioInside Adobe's OpenTelemetry pipeline: simplicity at scaleAs part of an ongoing series, the Developer Experience SIG interviews organizations about their real-world OpenTelemetry Collector deployments to share practical lessons with the broader community. Th... 011
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 06/04/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with exciting developments from Amazon CloudWatch OTLP support for metrics+PromQL to LLM observability: o11y.news/2026-04-06/ #observability 022
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 03/04/2026Great deep dive by my colleague Rodrigue Koffi on the new OpenTelemetry and PromQL capabilities we launched yesterday in CloudWatch: aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/int...aws.amazon.comIntroducing OpenTelemetry & PromQL support in Amazon CloudWatch | Amazon Web ServicesIf you run Kubernetes or microservices workloads on AWS, your metrics likely carry dozens of labels: namespace, pod, container, node, deployment, replica set, and custom business dimensions. To get a ... 020
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 02/04/2026Happy to share that today we launched the CloudWatch OTLP endpoint for metrics and PromQL support. Try out PromQL support in CloudWatch for yourself via AWS Console or as a Prometheus data source in Grafana. docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudW... docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudW... #opentelemetry 021
Reposted by Michael HausenblasZorkBot @zorkbot.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Welcome to a fun experiment in classic interactive text gameplay! Microsoft open-sourced Zork a few months ago, and I wanted to try and get it playable on Bluesky. Let me know what you think. @scott.hanselman.com @microsoft.com 042
Reposted by Michael Hausenblasgetpacket.ai @getpacketai.bsky.social · 30/03/2026📟 SRE getpacket.ai/n/sre Tired of spinning up Jaeger just to check a trace locally? One engineer built otel-front—a zero-config OTLP viewer that runs as a single binary. Traces, logs, metrics,… dev.to/mesaglio/i-built-a-lightweig… 031
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 30/03/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter covering OpenTelemetry profiles going alpha (yay!), OpAMP innovation, Kotlin OTel support, and more: o11y.news/2026-03-30/ #observability 020
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 23/03/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with amazing contribs from OpenTelemetry collector management to end-users to a new offering for real-time control: o11y.news/2026-03-23/ #observability 030
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 20/03/2026www.linkedin.com/pulse/softwa... #software #genai #observabilitylinkedin.comSoftware Development is Dead, Long Live Software Development!As developers, we used to define ourselves through what programming language we would use (Hi! I'm a Gopher!) and our editor or IDE setup. I still think that my tmux & vi setup is superior to anything... 000
Reposted by Michael HausenblasSimon Aronsson @simme.dev · 17/03/2026I just published a blog post on an experiment I did with building a dry-run mode for the OpenTelemetry Collector. It's a work in progress, and was mainly built to scratch my own itch, but nonetheless -- enjoy! ubuntu.com/blog/buildin... #observability #otel #o11y #sreubuntu.comBuilding a dry-run mode for the OpenTelemetry Collector | UbuntuTeams continuously deploy programmable telemetry pipelines to production, without having access to a dry-run mode. At the same time, most organizations lack staging environments that resemble producti... 074
Reposted by Michael Hausenblas𝙳𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚜 @horovits.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Operating #OpenTelemetry at Scale with Open Agent Management Protocol (a.k.a. #OpAMP ) Check out my latest episode of @openobservability.bsky.social 🎧 with project maintainer Andy Keller (*plus a hot #KubeCon update, ahead of next week's #KubeConEU 🤫 ) medium.com/p/737b6af8222b @opentelemetry.io 023
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 16/03/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with amazing contribs from harnessing costs to new offerings to OpenTelemetry learning and reference content: o11y.news/2026-03-16/ #observability 001
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 13/03/2026TL;DR: Paperclip is like Steve Yegge's Gas Town for the rest of us? github.com/paperclipai/... #genai #agentic #orchestrationgithub.comGitHub - paperclipai/paperclip: Open-source orchestration for zero-human companiesOpen-source orchestration for zero-human companies - paperclipai/paperclip 010
Michael Hausenblas @mhausenblas.info · 09/03/2026Check out this week's o11y newsletter with awesome OpenTelemetry and Prometheus content: o11y.news/2026-03-09/ #observability 020