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And why exactly is that interesting? Tech companies often use new products before they are stable, how else would they become battle-tested? On the website it
by hobofan 5y ago
And why exactly is that interesting? Tech companies often use new products before they are stable, how else would they become battle-tested?
On the website it even says: "OpenTelemetry is in beta across several languages and is suitable for use. We anticipate general availability soon."
- jonatan-ivanov 5y agoI guess because you might not want to go to prod with something on GH scale that is not stable and still subject to have breaking changes? Fyi: that quote has been there for a while.
- hobofan 5y agoIt's usually the opposite: You might not want to go to prod with something like this on an SMB scale where you have little resources to navigate tech debt. On a Github scale where you have more engineers available, it's often worth it to adopt cutting-edge alpha/beta software for their novel features, as you generally also have more expertise/mechanisms to ensure stability of the overall product and run less risk of being suffocated in tech debt.