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GraphQL provides a powerful approach to building APIs, and Absinthe is the leading GraphQL implementation for Elixir applications. While GraphQL offers many benefits, it can introduce a set of errors and performance bottlenecks that might be challenging to track and debug. In this article, you’ll learn how to use AppSignal to monitor, debug, and resolve errors in your Absinthe-based GraphQL API.

Fastify stands out among Node.js web frameworks for its obsessive focus on performance and boasts impressive benchmarks, with throughput often 2-3x higher than Express and other popular alternatives. But here's the paradox: without proper visibility, even applications with a good foundation will degrade over time as you add features and complexity.

We're excited to officially launch our OpenTelemetry instrumentation. AppSignal is now able to expand our observability to a dozen popular languages, frameworks, and tools, giving customers the deep insights they need to monitor their entire stack. In this article, we'll show you how you can use AppSignal and OpenTelemetry to proactively monitor your app.