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Refactoring Podcast

Observability & Testing in Production 🔭 — with Charity Majors

May 10, 2024
CTO at Honeycomb, Charity Majors, discusses observability, testing in production, continuous delivery, and developer experience. Topics include transitioning from monitoring to observing, optimal infra cost allocation, embracing mistakes in distributed systems, evolution of engineering culture, and value of junior engineers in team dynamics.
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Quick takeaways

  • Observability is crucial for understanding code behavior and predicting issues.
  • Testing in production is essential for deploying code changes swiftly and successfully.

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Observability and Testing in Production

Observability is discussed as a property of complex systems, essential for understanding code behavior. Charity Majors mentions the shift from monitoring to observability, advocating for understanding code runtime to foresee issues, improving developer experience. The conversation covers the importance of testing in production, highlighting how speed and predictability are key in deploying code changes and ensuring successful updates.

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