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Beyond the walls: Understanding and overcoming Observability vendor lock-in
The topic of vendor lock-in often surfaces in discussions surrounding OpenTelemetry. It’s almost presented as the ultimate antidote, the key to unlocking ourselves from the proprietary embrace of a single observability provider. The premise is clear: being locked into one vendor’s solution limits our choices and hinders our ability to adapt. But is vendor lock-in…
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Meet The Ducktor: Your Observability Troubleshooting Ally 🦆💡
When it comes to observability, the road to clarity can sometimes feel like navigating a maze of metrics, logs, and traces. That’s where The Ducktor comes in – a unique blend of problem-solving expertise and rubberducking magic, brought to life by Rainer Schuppe. The concept of rubberducking is simple: explain your problem out loud, often…
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The Secret Life of Metrics: more drama than you’d think
Metrics—so mundane, so predictable, right? Think again! Welcome to the Secret Life of Metrics, where the supposedly straightforward world of CPU utilization and time-series databases hides a treasure trove of mysteries. Let’s dig into this surprisingly juicy drama, complete with secrets, misunderstandings, and a dash of humor.
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What is the biggest challenge in Observability?
Observability has rapidly evolved in the last years, transforming how we understand and manage complex systems. Yet, as robust as modern observability tools have become, a critical challenge persists: effective data visualization. While we can now gather, process, and analyze vast amounts of telemetry data, the challenge lies in translating it into visuals that quickly…
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Top 10 Reasons why you don‘t need Observability
Observability has become an essential component for modern systems, offering deep insights into system performance, reliability, and user experience. However, despite its obvious advantages, many organizations still hesitate to implement observability solutions. Here are the top 10 reasons why companies may decide not to invest in observability: 1. Cost – It’s too expensive One of…
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So much data … and now?
Observability is about data, or isn’t it? OpenTelemetry helps us to gather tons of it and then we store it in a nice scalable data storage and all is well. Sorry, that’s not how it works in Observability. Let’s take a look at data and information and see what we actually need.
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Whack-a-Mole for Pros
In my 30 years in IT I have seen many things – good ones and bad ones. The bad ones usually had to do with the performance of systems or rather the lack of it. And a few of them stuck in my mind and will come back to the surface time and time again…
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Let’s talk about Context
The o11y space is buzzing with activity and I like that. Things are moving and it looks as if we finally get a place at the big table. One thing I read a couple of times in the last weeks was the complexity in O11y and that context matters. Those 2 are interwoven and understanding…
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What is Observability?
What is Observability? besides a mouthful of syllables? I’ll use O11y (pronounced OLLY) from now on to make it a little easier. Here is my take on a short (!) intro into the nature of it.O11y is a composite strategy involving inspecting a service’s performance, availability, quality, and how it affects other system components based…
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Hello – To Observability & Beyond
Welcome to the Observability Heroes. Our mission is to bring more heroes into this world. Heroes of Observability or O11y for short. O11y is a necessity for an IT world with distributed system that change often and a running in an ever changing infrastructure all over the world. If you want to make sure your…
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