Building an Ergonomic OpenTelemetry for JavaScript

OpenTelemetry, while valuable for system instrumentation, feels awkward to use in JavaScript, particularly in browsers. This friction stems from mismatches between OpenTelemetry's expected control flow and JavaScript's event-driven nature. The article proposes reconceptualizing spans and traces as simple events, allowing annotation without restructuring code, which would make JavaScript instrumentation feel as natural as using console.log.