Setting up OpenTelemetry in Go

This blog post is technically incorrect. It only aims to give you an in practice correct enough understanding of using OpenTelemetry in your Go projects and how to set it up. Lets dive in. Update 2024-05-02: Code has been updated to use the autoexport package to simplify setup a lot. Concepts There are a few concepts we need to be aware of: Providers. Meters and Tracers. Metric instruments and Spans. Exporters.

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