Building Jaeger’s ClickHouse backend: 8.6× compression on 10 million spans
As someone who’s been maintaining Jaeger, I’ve watched users request ClickHouse support consistently over the past few years. With Jaeger v2.18.0, we’ve finally delivered it. What excites me most isn’t just that ClickHouse is available—it’s that its architecture is…
How Jaeger is evolving to trace AI agents with OpenTelemetry
As software architectures evolve, observability tools must adapt. When the industry moved to microservices, distributed tracing became a necessity. Jaeger emerged as a core tool for engineers to understand those fragmented systems. Now, as organizations integrate…
Adding distributed tracing to AI Gateway: My LFX mentorship journey
In today’s rapidly evolving AI landscape, effectively monitoring and debugging AI Gateways has become a critical challenge. This article shares my complete experience through the LFX Mentorship program, where I added OpenTelemetry distributed tracing support to…
Automating stateful apps with Kubernetes Operators
Member post originally published on the Middleware blog by Keval Bhogayata, covering Automating Stateful Apps with Kubernetes Operators. If you’ve ever had issues with scaling databases or automating upgrades in Kubernetes, Operators can help by saving…
Jaeger at 10: Forged in Community, Reborn in OpenTelemetry
In the fast-paced world of software, reaching 10 years is a testament to a project’s resilience, utility, and community strength. Half a decade ago, we celebrated Jaeger’s fifth anniversary, marveling at its growth from a nascent…
Dragonfly v2.3.0 has been released
Dragonfly v2.3.0 is released! 🎉🎉🎉 Thanks to the contributors who made this release happen. We welcome you to visit d7y.io website to learn more. Features Persistent Cache Task It designs to provide persistent caching for tasks. This tool can import…
Member post originally published on the Middleware blog by Sam Suthar In the race to adopt cutting-edge technologies like Kubernetes, microservices, and serverless computing, monitoring often becomes an afterthought. Many enterprises assume their legacy observability tools will suffice. However, as they…
OpenTelemetry for generative AI
Project post originally published on the OpenTelemetry blog by Drew Robbins (Microsoft), Liudmila Molkova (Microsoft) As organizations increasingly adopt Large Language Models (LLMs) and other generative AI technologies, ensuring reliable performance, efficiency, and safety is essential…
Docsy 2024 review: adoptions and enhancements
By Patrice Chalin (CNCF), for the Docsy Steering Committee As we reflect on 2024, it’s exciting to see steady progress toward the goals outlined in our 2024 priorities. This year, we focused on enhancing stability, improving internationalization, and delivering long-anticipated…
Platform Engineering needs Observability: here’s why
Blog post originally published on the Middleware blog by Sri Krishna In the high-stakes environment of Black Friday, e-commerce platforms encounter intense traffic surges that can heavily strain system performance. For example, during Black Friday 2023, online…