Problem solver Tod Hansmann of Catalyst joins me to discuss "observability": What it is, why it means different things to different people, and how to get started if it's new for you.

In this episode:

What is observability (o11y)?
What can observability do for you?
What metrics should you track?
How does observability relate to logging, alerting, monitoring, and other practices?
Who should be responsbile for obervability?
How heavily should upper management be involved?
How does observability relate to culture?
CI/CD as a prerequisite for observability
Why metrics are better than logs
Surprising metrics that can be important
The relationship between monitoring and automated testing
Good observability as an enabler for canary deployments, test in production, and other practices
How to define service level objectives
How do you define "uptime"
How to address corner cases
Why being on call is desireable

Guest
Tod Hansmann
Twitter: @todpunk
LinkedIn: Tod Hansmann
Catalyst

Resources
Book: Site Reliability Engineering

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Tod Hansmann — Observability as an engineering enabler