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@frankel@mastodon.top
2026-03-07 09:18:54

Running #OpenTelemetry at #Scale: #Architecture Patterns for 100s of Services

Running OpenTelemetry at Scale: Architecture Patterns for 100s of Services
It feels great getting OpenTelemetry working in a demo environment. Spans appear, metrics flow, you connect it to a backend and everything lights up in a satisfying cascade. You write the internal doc, you present it to the team, but it’s just a matter of time when somebody on the team asks: “Great, so how […]

@sakhavi@aoir.social
2026-04-11 13:30:35

I think it might be fundamentally important to note that #scale is not what hyperscalers and longtermists say it is. Software is great at scale. Practitioners who work closely with software are pretty good at it too. Business plans and people who assume scale means “this thing I think I know, only bigger” are *terrible* at it.