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.
OTel Collector vs Vector vs Fluent Bit: 2026 Telemetry Pipeline
OpenTelemetry Collector vs Vector vs Fluent Bit in 2026: throughput, memory, transforms, backpressure and the right telemetry-pipeline agent for edge and cloud.
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.
LLM Observability and LLMOps: Tracing, Evals, Drift
An LLM observability and LLMOps architecture: OpenTelemetry GenAI traces, spans, online evals, and drift detection for production LLM and agent systems.
Grafana Alloy: An OpenTelemetry Collector Tutorial
A 2026 Grafana Alloy tutorial: build an OpenTelemetry collector pipeline for metrics, logs, and traces, with working config, components, and deployment tips.
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.