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At Honeycomb, we believe that observability should be accessible, effective, and transformative. That’s why our customer education team is thrilled to introduce Honeycomb Academy, a learning hub designed to help our customers of all experience levels master observability, OpenTelemetry, and the Honeycomb platform.
Why we built Honeycomb Academy
Our journey started with offering live workshops to teach customers the fundamentals of observability and how to get started with OpenTelemetry. Back then, the term “observability” was still emerging, and OpenTelemetry adoption was in its infancy. As our customer base expanded, we quickly realized that we needed to diversify our educational offerings to meet our customers where they are. To that end, we’ve launched the Honeycomb Academy, a self-paced, structured learning experience.
Through carefully crafted learning paths, Honeycomb Academy doesn’t just teach customers how to use our platform—it also helps them understand why observability matters. It serves as a centralized resource for honing technical expertise while empowering learners, whom we affectionately call Acadabees, to become observability leaders in their organizations.
Plus, let’s be real—it doesn’t hurt that the academy features some pretty cool 8-bit noises and fun, engaging graphics. 🚀
Who should use Honeycomb Academy?
Since we are fully committed to OpenTelemetry, an open-source, vendor-agnostic observability framework, we designed Honeycomb Academy to be useful for anyone interested in modern observability practices—not just Honeycomb users.
So, whether you’re an engineer looking to level up your troubleshooting skills or an organization implementing OpenTelemetry for the first time, Honeycomb Academy is open to you—all you need is an academy account.
What you’ll find in Honeycomb Academy
Honeycomb Academy offers self-paced, on-demand learning through bite-sized videos, quizzes, and hands-on labs. Our goal is to simplify observability’s complexities—both technical and social—while focusing on real, actionable skills rather than just high-level concepts.
1. OpenTelemetry practitioner learning path
Solve observability challenges with OpenTelemetry.
Perfect for: Observability newcomers & OpenTelemetry adopters.
Gain the skills to bridge the gap between engineering and business success with a strong foundation in observability and OpenTelemetry. This learning path helps you:
- Understand observability: Learn the history, principles, and modern practices that make observability a critical component of system reliability.
- Implement OpenTelemetry: Get a clear overview on what OpenTelemetry is, why it matters, and how to leverage it for seamless observability.
- Instrument your system: Apply methods to instrument your system using OpenTelemetry, ensuring actionable insights and improved system performance.
2. Honeycomb practitioner learning path
Optimize system performance and resolve issues faster with Honeycomb.
Perfect for: Engineers using (or considering) Honeycomb.
Unlock the full potential of Honeycomb’s observability tools, enabling faster debugging, deeper insights, and proactive system optimization.
- Navigate the Honeycomb UI: Get a complete walkthrough of the interface to efficiently explore and analyze telemetry data.
- Utilize the core analysis loop: Learn an effective methodology to uncover performance issues and answer questions you weren’t prepared to ask.
- Troubleshoot and debug with confidence: Leverage Honeycomb’s features to quickly identify, diagnose, and resolve issues.
Even non-Honeycomb users can follow along with a free account to experiment with OpenTelemetry data.
3. Alerting learning path
Build a reliable alerting strategy that ensures timely, actionable notifications without unnecessary noise.
Perfect for: Teams looking to enhance their alerting strategies.
Observability isn’t just about understanding your system performance—it’s also about proactively identifying and addressing issues. This path focuses on building robust alerting strategies. Learn how to:
- Set up effective triggers: Understand when and why to use static alerts for critical system events.
- Leverage Service Level Objectives (SLOs): Create observability-driven alerts that align with business goals and system reliability.
Start your journey today
Whether you’re just starting with observability or refining your expertise, Honeycomb Academy is here to help you level up. Join the community of Acadabees and start exploring how observability can transform the way you monitor, debug, and optimize your systems.
🐝 Ready to get started? Sign up for Honeycomb Academy today!
