[shaqbert]

Otel is indeed quite complex. And the docs are not meant for quick wins...

Otelbin [0] has helped me quite a bit in configuring and making sense of it, and getting stuff done.

[0]: https://www.otelbin.io/

[wdb]

That looks pretty cool! OpenTelemetry Collector configuration files are pretty confusing. Do like the collector, though. Makes it easy to sent a subset of your telemetry to trusted partners.