Instrumenting Rails with OpenTelemetry
A guide to implementing observability in Rails applications using OpenTelemetry for traces, metrics, and logs.
Mark Provan
Software Engineering. Bikes. Nonsense, mostly.
Latest posts
Le Tour Up North: Day 3
Back from Beyond the Wall.
Le Tour Up North: Day 2
The first day of a multi-day cycling adventure from Manchester through the Pennines and into Yorkshire.
Le Tour Up North: Day 1
The first day of a multi-day cycling adventure from Manchester through the Pennines and into Yorkshire.
Reflecting on Close Calls
Why near-miss incidents deserve the same investigation as actual failures.
Chasing Long Shadows
A gravel cycling adventure on Scotland's Isle of Bute with stunning views toward Arran and the West Coast.
Running Ghost on CoreOS with Docker
A shallow dive into container first operating systems.
Managing Infrastructure on Digital Ocean with Terraform
Automating infrastructure setup using Terraform to manage blog deployment on Digital Ocean.