“If your collectors are tied to a specific backend, it’s not #OpenTelemetry anymore — it’s just telemetry”

With all the vision of open observability behind OTel, is the collection layer still a lock-in risk?

Interesting insights from Juraci Paixão Kröhling, member of @opentelemetry 's Governance Committee and co-founder of OllyGarden, on the latest episode of OpenObservability Talks
👉 https://medium.com/p/e00f219f7460

#OTelUnplugged #opensource #observability

Great catching up with the #OpenTelemetry community at #OTelUnplugged Europe this month after #FOSDEM. Meaningful discussions, fresh insights, and many new ideas.

I invited Juraci, @opentelemetry Governance Committee member, to OpenObservability Talks 🎙️ to unpack it all

The state of OpenTelemetry 👇
https://medium.com/p/e00f219f7460

#Observability #CloudNative #otelcommunity #otel

Great catching up with @macias at OTel Unplugged EU after FOSDEM, and discussing #OpenTelemetry, #eBPF instrumentation and more.
Check out my recent OpenObservability Talks 🎙️ episode with Mario:
https://horovits.medium.com/unveiling-opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation-377cb0432bf1

#fosdem #otelUnplugged

The #OpenTelemetry workshops today were very informative. I'm very happy I managed to join if only briefly! A very nice crowd who is extremely knowledgeable on #Prometheus, #Grafana, otel and friends.

https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/otel-unplugged-fosdem/

#FOSDEM #OTelUnplugged

OTel Unplugged EU at FOSDEM 2026

OpenTelemetry is coming to FOSDEM! When we put out our community survey, you requested more meetups and we have heard you! We’re happy to announce that we are bringing back OTel Unplugged, the OpenTelemetry unconference that we first ran in 2022. What is OTel Unplugged? OTel Unplugged is an OpenTelemetry unconference and project roadmapping session. An unconference is like a conference, only instead of a speaker track, we have a series of breakout sessions where attendees get to pick the topics. If you are an end user, this is a great opportunity to connect with maintainers and other users to get your questions answered and give feedback to the project. If you are a maintainer or contributor, the is your chance to connect with your users face to face!

OpenTelemetry
🚀 OTel Unplugged EU 2026 is LIVE TOMORROW!
The #OpenTelemetry community is gathering in Brussels to: → Discuss real production challenges → Shape breakout topics together → Influence the 2026 roadmap
Follow #OTelUnplugged for highlights throughout the day!
#OpenSource #Observability #FOSDEM