The Observability Platform Engineering Advantage: From Zero-Code to Monitoring as Code

This keynote presentation explores how platform engineers can implement a cohesive observability strategy using open-source tools like OpenTelemetry. Learn how observability should be a core consideration in platform engineering rather than an afterthought, addressing common challenges like fragmented data, complex query languages, and vendor lock-in. Discover how OpenTelemetry, a CNCF project, unifies observability data across traces, logs, and metrics while reducing vendor-specific dependencies. Explore the benefits of zero-code instrumentation for developers and monitoring-as-code approaches for platform engineers using tools like OpenTelemetry Operator and Perses (CNCF Sandbox project). Gain insights into simplifying instrumentation, enforcing observability standards, and optimizing visibility across multiple layers of cloud-native stacks to build more resilient, insight-driven platforms.