This week on Screaming in the Cloud, Corey is joined by good friend and colleague, Charity Majors. Charity is the CTO and Co-founder of Honeycomb.io, the widely popular observability platform. Corey and Charity discuss the ins and outs of observability 1.0 vs. 2.0, why you should never underestimate the power of software to get worse over time, and the hidden costs of observability that could be plaguing your monthly bill right now. The pair also shares secrets on why speeches get better the more you give them and the basic role they hope AI plays in the future of computing. Check it out!

Show Highlights:

(00:00 - Reuniting with Charity Majors: A Warm Welcome

(03:47) - Navigating the Observability Landscape: From 1.0 to 2.0

(04:19) - The Evolution of Observability and Its Impact

(05:46) - The Technical and Cultural Shift to Observability 2.0

(10:34) - The Log Dilemma: Balancing Cost and Utility

(15:21) - The Cost Crisis in Observability

(22:39) - The Future of Observability and AI's Role

(26:41) - The Challenge of Modern Observability Tools

(29:05) - Simplifying Observability for the Modern Developer

(30:42) - Final Thoughts and Where to Find More

About Charity

Charity is an ops engineer and accidental startup founder at honeycomb.io. Before this she worked at Parse, Facebook, and Linden Lab on infrastructure and developer tools, and always seemed to wind up running the databases. She is the co-author of O'Reilly's Database Reliability Engineering, and loves free speech, free software, and single malt scotch.

Links:

• https://charity.wtf/
• Honeycomb Blog: https://www.honeycomb.io/blog
• Twitter: @mipsytipsy