alt Hacker NewsTo me traces (or maybe more specifically spans) are essentially a structured log with a unique ID and a reference to a parent ID.
Very open to have someone explain why I'm wrong or why they should be handled separately.
To me traces (or maybe more specifically spans) are essentially a structured log with a unique ID and a reference to a parent ID.
Very open to have someone explain why I'm wrong or why they should be handled separately.
Traces have a very specific data model, and corresponding limitations, which don't really accommodate log events/messages of arbitrary size. The access model for traces is also fundamentally different vs. that of logs.