Go instrumentation and observability requires significant manual effort

Setting up instrumentation in Go is painful and time-consuming, requiring 6-8 months of effort. Unlike Java or Python where OpenTelemetry works out-of-the-box, Go requires significant manual boilerplate and careful context propagation.

Sources

• https://quesma.com/blog/observability-in-go-what-real-engineers-are-saying-in-2025/
• https://dev.to/vaidehi_adhi_84b623a30da7/is-plain-go-still-a-good-choice-in-2025-38la
• https://www.roastdev.com/post/is-plain-go-still-a-good-choice-in-2025

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