#39: Open Telemetry: Observability for Mobiles with Hanson Ho from Embrace

You all know what Observability is. But what do you know about the complexities of collecting telemetry data from mobile apps and devices, and how to do it with OpenTelemetry? That's the topic for Episode 39 of our #DevOpsAccents podcast with Hanson Ho, Android Architect at Embrace, the only user-focused, mobile-first observability solution built on OpenTelemetry. By providing actionable insights across DevOps and mobile teams, Embrace highlights the true impact of issues on user experience, not just on server performance. We discuss how this can be achieved with OpenTelemetry, if at all possible, and what are the main obstacles to achieving comprehensive observability for mobile applications.

Also in this episode: 

• Importance of observability in complex IT environments
• Challenges and differences in mobile observability
• Impact of complexity on Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR)
• The importance of Production Data in Mobile Observability
• Optimizing data collection and standardization for cost-effective Observability
• Impact of integration on Mobile Development
• The future of Observability

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Show Notes:

• Previous episode of DA on Observability with Dotan Horovitz from logz.io
• Their observability trends we touched on in this episode
• Open Telemetry we've been talking about
• Our guest, Hanson Ho
• The company he is working for, Embrace
• Their open source SDKs you can play with for Android and iOS/Apple SDK
• Become a part of the Open Telemetry community and join CNCF Slack for Open Telemetry channels here

Podcast editing: Mila Jones, milajonesproduction@gmail.com