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Observability for Coding Agents and LLM Applications
OpenTelemetry-native tracing beats LangSmith lock-in for multi-framework stacks.
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ephraimduncan
309d ago
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Spanora, world class Agent observability platform
by kriptonio·Feb 20, 2026·1 point·0 comments
AI Analysis
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OTEL-native observability for agents; same problem Datadog/Honeycomb already solve with vendor SDKs.
Strengths
- •True OTEL standard data—no proprietary format or lock-in; portable to any exporter.
- •Automatic cost tracking across 100+ LLM models; dashboard groups traces by session/user/org.
- •Low friction onboarding (CLI skill add, npx integration); works with major agent SDKs out of the box.
Weaknesses
- •Agent observability is an emerging category, but it's solving a problem Datadog, New Relic, and Honeycomb are racing into.
- •No evidence of retention or competitive defensibility beyond 'we use OTEL'—others will adopt same standard.
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Target Audience
ML engineers, agent framework users (LangChain, Vercel AI SDK), teams running production agentic systems
Similar To
Datadog APM for agents · Honeycomb for LLM tracing · LangSmith debugging dashboard
Post Description
Understand what your agents do in production, and how much does it cost.
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