Instrumenting at 10 years per second
How we made custom instrumentation blazing fast, simple, and data-centric
Dec 23, 20258 min read29
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Dear Editor: We need better Database Observability
A call for better database observability, or awareness to a better reality
Sep 12, 20248 min read742
3 reasons traces are better than metrics for debugging your application
Introduction Today I'll talk about the superiority of traces for understanding your system state and investigating problems. Traces excel at debugging your application due to several inherent properties. The granularity of traces provides a distincti...
Aug 14, 20245 min read1.9K
Automated telemetry capture via Python bytecode modification
The pursuit of capturing application telemetry automatically
Jun 25, 202415 min read1.6K
Solving like Sherlock: A 15 minute case with Observability
A story of how better Observability reduced our investigation to a mere 15 minutes.
Apr 16, 20247 min read3.1K
Observability improvements for the curious newcomer - Part 1
Introduction Observability is a great vehicle for lowering the bar to understanding and supporting production systems for all, regardless of company or professional tenure. A system that emits enough useful and thoughtful telemetry enables system com...
Mar 20, 202410 min read844