OpenTelemetry Specification 1.61 and Q3 2026 Changes: What Platform Teams Should Do
OpenTelemetry Specification v1.61 and recent Collector, Rust 0.33 and Demo 3.1 releases: what changed in Q3 2026, migration risks, and a pragmatic upgrade.
OpenTelemetry Kubernetes Attributes Processor v1.0: Migration Guide
The k8sattributes processor hit v1.0.0 on Sept 16, 2026 with stable semantic conventions v1.42. Breaking changes, config migration, and rollout plan.
eBPF for Kubernetes Observability: An Architecture Decision Record
ADR on replacing APM agents with eBPF for Kubernetes observability: coverage, overhead, limits, OpenTelemetry eBPF instrumentation, decision guide.
OTLP vs Prometheus Remote Write: The 2026 Metrics Pipeline Decision
OTLP metrics vs Prometheus remote write compared for 2026: cardinality control, push vs pull, and the migration path for existing Prometheus fleets.
AIOps Incident Response Architecture: Agentic SRE and Alert Correlation (2026)
A reference architecture for AIOps incident response: telemetry ingestion, alert correlation, LLM-assisted triage, agentic auto-remediation, and the guardrails that keep automation safe.
Continuous Profiling with eBPF: Flamegraphs in Prod
A hands-on guide to continuous profiling with eBPF: how Pyroscope and Parca capture CPU and memory flamegraphs in production with near-zero overhead.
Edge Observability ADR: OpenTelemetry vs Prometheus+Loki
An ADR-style 2026 decision on edge-fleet observability: OpenTelemetry vs Prometheus+Loki, collector topology, cost at the edge, and the consequences of each.
OpenTelemetry Collector Architecture: Pipelines, Processors, Exporters
OpenTelemetry Collector architecture — receivers, processors, exporters, gateway vs agent deployment, tail sampling, and high-cardinality survival tips.
OpenTelemetry for Industrial IoT Observability (2026)
OpenTelemetry for industrial IoT observability — instrument edge services, run the OTel Collector, and ship traces, metrics, and logs end to end.
Cilium eBPF Service Mesh: L3-L7 Networking, Observability, Security (2026)
Cilium eBPF service mesh explained: sidecar-free L3-L7 networking, Hubble observability, network policy, mTLS, and why eBPF is reshaping Kubernetes networking in 2026.