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 ( 67 )
Android
17 October 2025 • 46 min read
Pumpkin spice and OpenTelemetry for mobile panel recap
In this OpenTelemetry expert panel, we discuss the challenges of collecting telemetry in mobile apps, why mobile developers struggle with observability, and what the current support for OpenTelemetry is on Android and Swift.
OpenTelemetry
29 May 2025 • 49 min read
Riding that OTel wave panel recap
In this OpenTelemetry expert panel, we discuss the signals, tools, and approaches to catch some sweet observability waves with OTel. And which parts of OTel still leave us a bit sunburned.
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.
Crash Reporting
14 January 2025 • 10 min read
The 10 best iOS crash reporting tools in 2025
Discover the top 10 iOS crash reporting tools for 2022 that empower developers to track, analyze, and resolve app crashes with precision, ranging from established platforms like Crashlytics and Sentry to innovative newcomers, providing robust solutions to ensure app stability and enhance user experience in the ever-evolving iOS ecosystem.