Once setup, I found that amount of code required for creating a simple trace via otel and logging is roughly the same. Refer to: https://github.com/michaelpere

Once setup, I found that amount of code required for creating a simple trace via otel and logging is roughly the same. Refer to: https://github.com/michaelperel/otel-demo/blob/master/cmd/server/server.go https://github.com/michaelperel/otel-demo/blob/master/cmd/se... 51: Start a span. Equivalent to one line of log 60: Add a event. Equivalent to one log 69: Set attribute. This retroactively add attribute to whole span since the start. While log don't have exact same effect, one line of log can be used here. 74: RecordError. Equivalent to one log I haven't compare amount of code to setup a proper logger which connected to correct infra with amount of code to setup otel yet. Still, I don't think it gonna make much difference. In general, I won't mind either approach if I get a great visualizer. The main reason I would choose OpenTelemetry is I get trace visualizers for free and I can switch to better visualizer anytime that I want.