Blog posts by Gorakhnath Yadav

Gorakhnath is a passionate developer advocate, working on bridging the gap between developers and the tools they use. He focuses on building communities and creating content that empowers developers to build better software.

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Langfuse vs LangSmith vs OpenObserve: LLM Observability Compared (2026)

Engineering

Comparisons Langfuse LangSmith

Langfuse vs LangSmith vs OpenObserve: LLM Observability Compared (2026)

Langfuse vs LangSmith vs OpenObserve compared: tracing, evals, self-hosting, and pricing, plus when a unified platform beats a point tool.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-07-31

LLM Evals vs Observability: Why You Need Both

Engineering

LLM Evaluation Observability

LLM Evals vs Observability: Why You Need Both

LLM evals score output quality; observability records system behavior. What each catches, what each misses alone, and how to score production traffic.

What Is LLM Observability? The Complete 2026 Guide

LLM observability explained for engineers: what it is, why traditional APM misses LLM failures, the three layers (computational, semantic, agentic), the core signals to track in production, and how OpenTelemetry GenAI semantic conventions standardize instrumentation.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-07-27

7 Langfuse Alternatives for LLM Observability (2026)

Engineering

Comparisons Langfuse LLM

7 Langfuse Alternatives for LLM Observability (2026)

Seven Langfuse alternatives compared for 2026: OpenObserve, LangSmith, Arize Phoenix, Comet Opik, Laminar, Braintrust, and Traceloop. Real licenses, self-hosting limits, OpenTelemetry support, and what the ClickHouse acquisition actually changed.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-07-24

LangSmith Alternatives: The Best Open Source Options (2026)

Engineering

Comparisons LangSmith LangChain

LangSmith Alternatives: The Best Open Source Options (2026)

Seven LangSmith alternatives compared for 2026: OpenObserve, Langfuse, Comet Opik, Arize Phoenix, Laminar, MLflow, and Traceloop. Licenses audited from source, real self-hosting limits, and which tools survived a year of acquisitions.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-07-24

What is OpenTelemetry (OTel)? A Complete Guide to the Observability Standard

Engineering

OpenTelemetry Observability Tracing

What is OpenTelemetry (OTel)? A Complete Guide to the Observability Standard

What OpenTelemetry (OTel) is, how it works, its architecture and components, the three signals, OTLP, and the Collector, plus what its 2026 CNCF graduation means.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-07-24

Instrumenting the OpenAI Agents SDK with OpenTelemetry

How To

OpenAI Agents SDK OpenTelemetry Observability

Instrumenting the OpenAI Agents SDK with OpenTelemetry

Trace the OpenAI Agents SDK with OpenTelemetry: map handoffs, guardrails, and agent spans to OTLP and send the full trace to OpenObserve, not OpenAI's backend.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-07-10

OpenObserve vs Langfuse: Unified Observability vs LLM-Specific Platform (2026)

Engineering

Comparisons Langfuse OpenObserve

OpenObserve vs Langfuse: Unified Observability vs LLM-Specific Platform (2026)

OpenObserve vs Langfuse in 2026: unified infra+LLM observability vs a dedicated LLM platform. Feature matrix, pricing, and when to use each (or both).

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-07-10

MCP Server Observability: How to Trace, Monitor, and Debug Model Context Protocol Servers

Engineering

OpenTelemetry MCP Distributed Tracing

MCP Server Observability: How to Trace, Monitor, and Debug Model Context Protocol Servers

A producer-side guide to instrumenting your own MCP server with OpenTelemetry: tracing tools/call, propagating context via _meta, and deriving RED metrics.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-06-25

Monitoring Claude Code Usage with OpenObserve and Querying via MCP

How To

Claude Code OpenTelemetry MCP

Monitoring Claude Code Usage with OpenObserve and Querying via MCP

Instrument Claude Code with OpenTelemetry, ship usage and cost data to OpenObserve, then query it back from Claude Code via the OpenObserve MCP server.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-06-25

Observability for the Claude Agent SDK: Tracing Tool Use and Extended Thinking with OpenTelemetry

How To

Claude Agent SDK OpenTelemetry Observability

Observability for the Claude Agent SDK: Tracing Tool Use and Extended Thinking with OpenTelemetry

Trace, meter, and log Claude Agent SDK agents with OpenTelemetry: tool calls, MCP servers, extended thinking, and cost, all correlated in OpenObserve.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-06-22

Instrumenting Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock Agents, and AgentCore with OpenTelemetry

How To

Amazon Bedrock OpenTelemetry Observability

Instrumenting Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock Agents, and AgentCore with OpenTelemetry

Trace Amazon Bedrock model calls, Bedrock Agents, and AgentCore with OpenTelemetry's gen_ai.* conventions (v1.41), then track token cost in dollars in OpenObserve.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-06-22

Why My 3AM Debug Session Takes 2 Hours: Fixing the Logs-Traces-Metrics Correlation Gap

Engineering

Observability OpenTelemetry Tracing

Why My 3AM Debug Session Takes 2 Hours: Fixing the Logs-Traces-Metrics Correlation Gap

Stop tab-switching at 3AM. Wire trace_id into logs and exemplars into metrics so you can pivot from alert to root cause in seconds, not hours.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-05-11

Engineering

Kubernetes Logging fluent-bit

How to Monitor Kubernetes Logs at Scale

A working pipeline for monitoring Kubernetes logs at scale: the openobserve-collector Helm chart for the fast path, or Fluent Bit + OpenTelemetry Collector for full control. Helm configs, multi-cluster routing, retention math.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-05-08

How to Replace Elasticsearch for Log Management

Engineering

Elasticsearch Logging OpenTelemetry

How to Replace Elasticsearch for Log Management

Elasticsearch was built for search, not logs. Learn how to migrate your ELK log pipeline to OpenObserve using OTel Collector or Fluent Bit.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-05-08

Engineering

AI OpenTelemetry Observability

How to Monitor AI Agents in Production

How to make AI agents observable in production: OTel instrumentation, telemetry backends, cost tracking, and trace analysis.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-05-05

n8n Monitoring with OpenTelemetry and OpenObserve

Engineering

n8n OpenTelemetry Observability

n8n Monitoring with OpenTelemetry and OpenObserve

How to monitor n8n workflows with Prometheus metrics and OpenTelemetry tracing using OpenObserve. Covers self-hosted n8n and instrumenting services that call n8n webhooks.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-05-05

What Backends Support OpenTelemetry (OTLP)? A Complete Guide

Engineering

OpenTelemetry Observability Backends

What Backends Support OpenTelemetry (OTLP)? A Complete Guide

A comprehensive list and comparison of observability backends that support OpenTelemetry and OTLP, covering open-source, commercial, and cloud-native options.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-04-30

How To

OpenTelemetry LLM OpenAI

How to Monitor OpenAI API Costs and Token Usage with OpenTelemetry

A practical, code-first guide to instrumenting OpenAI with OpenTelemetry. Capture token usage, attribute costs by user and feature, build a cost dashboard, and alert on anomalies in OpenObserve.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-04-21

How To

LangChain LlamaIndex OpenTelemetry

How to Trace LangChain and LlamaIndex Applications with OpenObserve

Learn how to add distributed tracing to LangChain and LlamaIndex apps using OpenLLMetry and the OpenTelemetry SDK, with traces flowing into OpenObserve.

Gorakhnath Yadav

2026-04-14