Observability is essential for understanding how modern applications perform and behave in production. OpenTelemetry has emerged as the industry standard for collecting, processing, and exporting telemetry data-traces, metrics, and logs-without vendor lock-in. This guide will walk you through OpenTelemetry's core components, how it works, and why it's a game-changer for observability. What is OpenTelemetry? OpenTelemetry [...]The post Understanding OpenTelemetry: A Practical Guide appeared first on Sematext.