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architectureApril 15, 2026·8 min read

AWS Observability vs OpenTelemetry: What I Learned

After nearly a decade of defaulting to CloudWatch and X-Ray, I implemented an open-source observability stack. Here's when to use each approach — and what I wish I'd known sooner.

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