Colin Contreary
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.
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AI
18 February 2026 • 3 min read
Embrace MCP Server is now GA
The larger AI landscape moves ever faster, and the same is true for innovation at Embrace. We launched the Embrace MCP Server in beta just over a month ago, and the feedback from customers has been incredible. We love hearing about all the different ways you’re incorporating Embrace data into your AI workflows, so keep that feedback coming!
Network Monitoring
12 February 2026 • 4 min read
Faster, easier Network Spans Forwarding in Embrace
With Network Spans Forwarding in Embrace, you're only a click away from connecting client-side network requests to your backend observability platforms.
AI
9 February 2026 • 2 min read
Introducing natural language filtering in Embrace
The Embrace dashboard now has natural language filtering, so you can easily get to the data you want without having to manually build filters.
OpenTelemetry
20 December 2025 • 44 min read
An OTel Carol: Past, present, and future of OpenTelemetry panel recap
Join your favorite OTel thought leaders for a lighthearted journey through the past, present, and future of OpenTelemetry. We’ll cover early challenges, key improvements to the spec, tooling, and developer experience, and exciting developments we’re most looking forward to in 2026.
OpenTelemetry
25 October 2025 • 42 min read
Coming soon to a browser near you: OpenTelemetry panel recap
In this OpenTelemetry expert panel, we discuss the new Browser SIG, key challenges of adapting OTel for the frontend, and how web developers can get started with OpenTelemetry.