Observability: Beyond Logs, Metrices and Traces
Observability: Beyond Logs, Metrices and Traces
About the Book
This book is for anyone who’s ever stared at a dashboard full of cryptic graphs and thought, "Is this a system failure or modern art?" If you’ve ever wanted to scream at an error log that seems to be written in a secret code—and then realized the code was created by you—this book might just save your sanity. Whether you’re a Solution Architect, System Designer, Software Developer or the office “metrics magician,” you’ll find something here to make your life easier (or at least less chaotic).
If you’ve ever had your weekend ruined by a rogue spike in CPU utilization or found yourself wondering if “real-time monitoring” is just an elaborate prank by the IT gods, welcome to the club. This book is like a flashlight in the dark and messy basement of observability—except it won’t flicker out halfway through.
Observability platforms are like the behind-the-scenes orchestrators of modern IT. They work tirelessly to make sense of the chaos, solving problems like “Why is this service down again?” and “Who deployed what, when, and why didn’t they tell anyone?” But as useful as they are, they’re not exactly intuitive. That’s where this book comes in. Think of it as the user manual you wish came with your first "critical incident" email.
Whether you’re crafting dashboards that actually tell a story, trying to explain anomaly detection without losing your audience’s attention, or just attempting to make sense of legacy metrics that look like they belong in a museum exhibit, this book has your back. You’ll find practical advice, relatable humor, and perhaps even the courage to admit you’ve been guessing about "distributed tracing" all along.
In short, this book is for anyone responsible for keeping systems alive, metrics understandable, and meetings blame-free. And if you’re wondering whether this book will have actionable frameworks and insights—it will, with plenty of clarity to demystify even the trickiest concepts.
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