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OpenObservability Talks

Dotan Horovits
Opentelemetry
Kubernetes
Observability
CNCF
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On OpenObservability Talks we discuss harnessing the power of open source to advance observability initiatives for developers, DevOps and SRE practitioners around the world. We live-stream the episodes on Twitch and YouTube Live - tune in to see us live, and chime in with your comments and questions on the live chat. www.youtube.com/@openobservabilitytalks You can find us on X (Twitter) @o... more

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In this episode we explore how Dapr and KEDA—two CNCF graduated projects—are reshaping cloud-native application development and what that means for observability. From event-driven architectures to autoscaling and service runtime, we discuss how thes... more

The ClickHouse open source project has gained interest in the observability community, thanks to its outstanding performance benchmarks. Now ClickHouse is doubling down on observability with the release of ClickStack, a new open source observability ... more

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We are overdue for a vendor neutral industry wide event dedicated to our favorite topic - open observability.

Last month (June 2025) the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) ran the first-ever Open Observability Summit, bringing together the wor... more

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OpenSearch has become a cornerstone of open source search and observability, empowering developers and organizations to derive meaningful insights from unstructured data at scale.

The past year marks a significant milestone in its journey, with Ope... more

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Recent Guests

Mike Shi
Co-founder of HyperDX and co-creator of ClickStack
ClickHouse
Episode: ClickStack: ClickHouse’s New Observability Stack Unveiled - OpenObservability Talks S6E03
Alok Bhide
Head of product innovation at Chronosphere, with a rich background in observability including at Splunk.
Chronosphere
Episode: Highlights from CNCF’s First Open Observability Summit - OpenObservability Talks S6E02
Henrik Rexed
Developer advocate at Dynatrace and fellow CNCF ambassador.
Dynatrace
Episode: Highlights from CNCF’s First Open Observability Summit - OpenObservability Talks S6E02
Carl Meadows
Chair of the Governing Board of the OpenSearch Software Foundation
OpenSearch Software Foundation
Episode: OpenSearch 3.0 Unveiled: Vector DB on Steroids and More - OpenObservability Talks S6E01
Pallavi Priyadarshini
Member of the Technical Steering Committee and OpenSearch 3.0 Release Manager
AWS
Episode: OpenSearch 3.0 Unveiled: Vector DB on Steroids and More - OpenObservability Talks S6E01
Hanson Ho
Android architect at Embrace and approver on the OpenTelemetry Android SDK.
Embrace
Episode: Observability for Mobile with OpenTelemetry - OpenObservability Talks S5E10
Elijah McPherson
Engineering Director at Shopify, overseeing the Observe project
Shopify
Episode: Shopify’s Journey to Planet-Scale Observability - OpenObservability Talks S5E09
Charity Majors
Influential voice in observability and engineering practices
Honeycomb
Episode: End-of-Year Observability Retrospective with Charity Majors - OpenObservability Talks S5E07
Yuri Shkuro
Creator of Jaeger, Observability Engineer at Meta
Meta
Episode: Jaeger V2 Unveiled: Powered by OpenTelemetry - OpenObservability Talks S5E05

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Cloud Native Spotlight: KEDA & Dapr Projects - OpenObservability Talks S6E04
Q: Why did Microsoft decide to open source it?
Schneider shared that there was internal division at Microsoft about open sourcing KEDA, but ultimately it was to strengthen their position in the open-source ecosystem and provide better autoscaling solutions to the community.
Cloud Native Spotlight: KEDA & Dapr Projects - OpenObservability Talks S6E04
Q: Can you walk us through the gap that you found and what was there at the time?
KEDA was developed to solve the limitation of Kubernetes' basic autoscaling features, which only focus on CPU and memory. Schneider explained that applications often require autoscaling based on event-driven metrics.
Observability for Mobile with OpenTelemetry - OpenObservability Talks S5E10
Q: What challenges do companies face in mobile app development regarding observability?
Many companies struggle to gather sufficient telemetry due to limited resources and often only monitor crash logs rather than overall app performance, leading to missed insights about user experience and app usage.
Observability for Mobile with OpenTelemetry - OpenObservability Talks S5E10
Q: What unique characteristics of the mobile environment should back-end developers be aware of?
Mobile development involves running applications on shared, multi-tenant devices that are constrained in terms of hardware and network capabilities, requiring careful telemetry management to maintain application performance.
Shopify’s Journey to Planet-Scale Observability - OpenObservability Talks S5E09
Q: How did you build a successful migration path from the old system to Observe?
We built confidence in our new system by ensuring it could ingest and query metrics reliably and utilized internal tooling to understand team layouts and usage patterns before rolling it out.

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