Breaking Free with Open Standards: OpenTelemetry and Perses for Observability - Kasper Borg Nissen

This talk explores the importance of observability in modern cloud-native applications and addresses the challenges posed by proprietary tools, including increasing costs and limited flexibility. The speaker introduces open observability standards such as OpenTelemetry for instrumentation and Perses for monitoring-as-code, demonstrating how these tools can create vendor-neutral, scalable observability stacks. The session includes guidance on getting started with OpenTelemetry, instrumenting applications, and utilizing developer-friendly abstractions for auto-instrumentation. Additionally, the speaker discusses how Perses, a CNCF Sandbox project, offers open and portable dashboards that empower organizations to choose their preferred storage, visualization, and analytics solutions without vendor lock-in.