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Colin Contreary
Head of Content
Colin Contreary is the head of content at Embrace. He brings 16 years of writing experience across comedy, musicals, and technical writing. Colin has been with the Embrace team since 2020. His passion for technology makes him a notable member of the team. He has self-taught web development skills that support his technical writing.
Posts by this Author ( 65 )
observability
13 March 2025 • 7 min read
Embrace: Modern mobile observability built on OpenTelemetry
Embrace combines open-source SDKs with an analysis dashboard to help the entire engineering team understand exactly what is disrupting mobile user experiences.
OpenTelemetry
21 February 2025 • 60 min read
In love with OTel and observability panel recap
Watch this OpenTelemetry expert panel to learn about the most loved (and hated) parts of everyone’s favorite observability framework. And to play “Fling, Marry, Kill” with logs, metrics, and traces.
OpenTelemetry
17 December 2024 • 44 min read
Holiday Sweaters & OTel Insights: Recapping our “2025 Unwrapped” panel
Watch this OpenTelemetry expert panel to learn about key advancements in the space and what’s on the horizon for 2025. And to see cool holiday sweaters.
alternatives
14 May 2024 • 10 min read
App Center Retirement: Top Alternatives for Mobile Teams in 2025
App Center is going away, but your mobile app isn't. Check out several alternatives so you can continue building and shipping incredible mobile experiences.
App Performance
2 January 2024 • 5 min read
MUEM vs APM vs RUM: What mobile teams need to know
Learn what mobile APM, mobile RUM, and MUEM are, as well as the strengths and weaknesses they provide mobile engineering teams.