OpenTelemetry and Continuous Feedback - Things you need to know about your code

Hello everyone!

It's been too long since we met with an awesome topic to present to you. Let's change that!

This November, we have the pleasure to welcome Roni Dover, with a great talk and demos about OpenTelemetry. Be sure to not miss that opportunity to learn something new!

Abstract:
Continuous Feedback is a new dev practice, that addresses a gap in the dev-to-prod cycle. While a considerable amount of data is collected about the application and its behavior in prod, very little of that is effectively put to use when we write code.

By using OpenTelemetry, as well as open-source tools and platforms, developers can leverage metrics and traces to challenge code assumptions and develop based on real-world requirements. A continuous, data-driven process can help extend code ownership all the way to production and beyond. Observability, after all, can be about more than pretty dashboards.
This talk is relevant to any Java Developer seeking to understand how to use current observability technologies effectively in a way that can make an impact on the dev process, improve code quality, and detect possible defects faster. We'll explore practical techniques, tools, and practices that can be combined to create a Continuous Feedback pipeline.

Roni's bio:
Holistic developer and builder with a passion for development processes and practices. Afflicted by an acute Product Manager/Developer split personality disorder that was never treated. Currently, CTO and co-founder of Digma (digma.ai), an IDE plugin for code runtime AI analysis to help accelerate development in complex codebases. A big believer in evidence-based development, and a proponent of Continuous Feedback in all aspects of Software Engineering.