Innovating on Top of Open Source Observability - Pushing the Boundaries of Innovation

Explore innovative approaches to scaling and enhancing open source observability tools through real-world implementations at eBay's platform. Learn how to push beyond the standard capabilities of established technologies like Prometheus, Alertmanager, and OpenTelemetry Collector when facing organizational constraints, massive scale requirements, and unique business needs. Discover practical techniques for enriching alerts using Exemplars, implementing spanmetrics connectors for large-scale tracing systems, and scaling tracing backends with ClickHouse. Understand how to effectively manage constraints while driving creativity in observability solutions, and gain insights into extending open source projects to meet specific organizational demands without compromising performance or reliability.