MODRACXKENNETH D'SILVA

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Real-Time Performance Monitoring for Enterprise Ecommerce

Performance degradation happens silently. Implementing OpenTelemetry tracing, Datadog APM, and automated alert triggers catches database bottlenecks before they impact sales.

By Kenneth D'SilvaReading Time: 35 min readCategory: Performance & Speed

OpenTelemetry Node.js APM Tracing

// OpenTelemetry SDK Initialization for Next.js / Node.js
import { NodeSDK } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-node';
import { getNodeAutoInstrumentations } from '@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node';
import { OTLPTraceExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http';

const sdk = new NodeSDK({
  traceExporter: new OTLPTraceExporter({
    url: 'https://otlp.datadoghq.com/v1/traces',
  }),
  instrumentations: [getNodeAutoInstrumentations()],
});

sdk.start();

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