Name: OTel Sucks (But Also Rocks!) - Juraci Paixão Kröhling, OllyGarden & Daniel Dyla, Dynatrace
Start: 2025-04-03T11:00:00+0100
End: 2025-04-03T11:30:00+0100

In-person
1-4 April 2025
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Thursday April 3, 2025 11:00 - 11:30 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

OpenTelemetry (OTel) has become a cornerstone of observability, but the journey hasn’t been without challenges. Inspired by the famous "Linux Sucks" format, this talk explores OTel’s pain points and highlights its successes.

We’ll cover:
* SDK Configuration: Once complex for simple scenarios, now simplified by the Config SIG.
* Collector Challenges: Tail-sampling woes and Prometheus performance issues, balanced by OTel’s ability to handle multiple signals in one binary with great performance using OTLP.
* Semantic Conventions: Painful changes, like in HTTP conventions, but with long-term benefits through unified standards.

Featuring real-world user insights, this session delivers a brutally honest yet optimistic take on OTel’s evolution. Perfect for anyone navigating OpenTelemetry’s complexities or celebrating its strengths.

Speakers

Daniel Dyla

Senior Open Source Architect / OpenTelemetry Maintainer, Dynatrace

Daniel is a Senior Architect with 9 years of experience in observability. Daniel is a member of the W3C Distributed Tracing WG, maintainer of OpenTelemetry JS, former OTel Governance Committee member, and OTel specification sponsor, in addition to working on many other areas of the... Read More →

Juraci Paixão Kröhling

Software Engineer, OllyGarden

Juraci Paixão Kröhling is a software engineer, a maintainer of the OpenTelemetry project, a member of the project's governing board and CNCF Ambassador. He has presented about distributed tracing, OpenTelemetry, and other related topics at conferences like KubeCon, OpenSource Summit... Read More →

Thursday April 3, 2025 11:00 - 11:30 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Observability

Content Experience Level Intermediate

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025

Daniel Dyla

Juraci Paixão Kröhling

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