Unpacking observability and OpenTelemetry with Spiros Xanthos of Splunk

<p>You can read more about Spiros on his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/spiros/">LinkedIn</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/spirosx">Twitter</a>.</p><p>There is some good backstory on his first company, Log Insight, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/07/vmware-buys-log-insight-from-pattern-insight-moves-further-into-cloud-infrastructure-management/#:~:text=In%20the%20space%20of%20a,the%20deal%20were%20not%20disclosed.">here</a>. A rundown of the acquisition that led to Spiros joining Splunk is <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/splunk-buys-saas-startup-omnition/">here</a>. There are also some interesting details in Splunk's blog on the deal, which calls out Omnition as a "a stealth-mode SaaS company that is innovating in distributed tracing, improving monitoring across microservices applications."</p><p>If you enjoy the conversation and want to hear more, Spiros has done some interesting talks that are up on Youtube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=spiros+xanthos">here</a>.</p><p>Our lifeboat of the week goes to Willie Mentzel, who explains how to: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49011924/round-double-to-1-decimal-place-kotlin-from-0-044999-to-0-1/51689453#51689453">Round Double to 1 decimal place in kotlin: from 0.044999 to 0.1</a>.</p><p> </p>