Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss the first half of Mastering OptenTelemetry and Observability by Steve Flanders!

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Mastering OpenTelemetry and Observatibilty
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00:00 Intro
03:58 Initial Thoughts
08:24 Choosing an Observability Platform
36:31 Autonomous Observability
1:10:09 Hot Takes
1:16:11 Final Thoughts

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