OpenTelemetry Is Everywhere at KubeCon 🔭 | Day 1 Recap

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Day 1 of KubeCon EU 2026 and OpenTelemetry dominated the conversation. It's the #2 most active CNCF project behind Kubernetes — and this year it's pushing toward "stable by default" — with profiling as the newest fourth signal. In this short: 🔭 Adriana Villela on what's new in OTel — profiling, declarative config, and more 🎤 Evan Bradley's Collector SIG project update (with maintainers from Datadog, Honeycomb, Cisco & Splunk) 💬 Evan's post-talk reaction 🤖 Keynote takeaway: 41% of AI developers are now cloud native ⚡ Conference energy montage 📍 RAI Amsterdam | March 24, 2026 #kubecon #cloudnativecon #dynatrace4developers