From Black Box to Open Book: Leveraging OpenTelemetry for Auto-Documenting Distributed Systems

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Engineering teams need more than just metrics and logs—or even worse, static diagrams and outdated docs—they need a clear, real-time understanding of their systems. This session explores the concept of "Observability 2.0" tools, highlighting how the OSS project OpenTelemetry can also be used to proactively support teams throughout the software development lifecycle by automating system documentation and enhancing debugging.Attendees will gain actionable insights into using distributed traces to generate accurate, dynamic system views, reducing manual documentation overhead, improving team alignment, and reducing cognitive load when debugging.