In Episode 9 of the CNCF Projects Tour, we explore OpenTelemetry (OTel)—the industry-standard framework for cloud-native observability. We are joined by Adriana Villela (Principal Developer Advocate at Dynatrace & OTel End User SIG Maintainer) to break down how to leverage OpenTelemetry to gain deep insights into your systems, debug production issues, and streamline your operations. Whether you are an SRE, DevOps engineer, or just starting with observability, this session covers the best practices for implementing vendor-neutral instrumentation. 🚀 In this episode, we cover: - Introduction - What is OpenTelemetry? (Metrics, Logs, & Traces) - How to integrate OTel into existing apps - Real-world best practices for debugging & scaling - The future roadmap of the OpenTelemetry ecosystem - Q&A Session 💡 About the Speaker: Adriana Villela is a Principal Developer Advocate at Dynatrace and helps maintain the OpenTelemetry End User SIG. She is an expert in helping organizations adopt observability practices to build reliable cloud-native systems. 🔗 Useful Links: OpenTelemetry Project: CNCF Homepage: Follow Adriana on [Twitter/LinkedIn]: 📢 Subscribe for more Cloud Native content