Adnan Rahić

Startup Presentation: Observability-driven development with OpenTelemetry

What if your tests pass, but your system is still broken? Learn how observability-driven development catches the silent failures that traditional methods miss.

Startup Presentation: Observability-driven development with OpenTelemetry
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Using distributed tracing to enhance software testing

Observability from distributed tracing provides a complete system view that can be used to create assertions and catch errors before production.

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Tracing and testing a silent API failure

A practical example shows how to use trace data to identify a silent failure in an external API call and then create a specific test to catch it.

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Key benefits of observability-driven development

This approach enhances testing by using real system data, eliminating the need for mocking or black box testing and providing deep system insight.

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