NEW REPORT: The AI and observability gap for frontend teams

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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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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.
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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.