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Get Started Instrumentation OpenTelemetry
Adriana Villela
Updated Oct. 3, 2022
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  • Dimensionality in Observability
  • Tracing Instrumentation Best Practices
  • Performance is a Shape. Cost is a number: Sampling
  • Use attributes and log events to find issues fast
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