Unpacking observability, ditching Prometheus, with Hannah Maxwell and Adriana Villela
Oct 17, 2023
Hannah Maxwell, an expert in observability, joins her daughter Adriana Villela, a specialist in Open Telemetry. They discuss the crucial shift from basic logging to comprehensive observability for troubleshooting. Adriana shares insights on the Open Telemetry Collector and how it streamlines data ingestion. The duo also touches on overcoming resistance to adopting new tech in teams. Plus, Hannah offers fun public speaking tips and amusing baking parallels with coding, bringing a delightful twist to the tech talk!
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Embrace Curiosity And Break Stuff
- Don’t panic when learning cloud-native; ask questions and break things to learn.
- Be curious and investigate why things work instead of accepting band-aid solutions.
From Accidental Manager To Advocate
- Adriana accidentally landed running an observability team and taught herself the field by blogging.
- That exploration led to a career shift into developer advocacy at Lightstep/ServiceNow.
Trace-First Troubleshooting
- Instrument applications with traces first to see the end-to-end request flow.
- Use logs and metrics as supporting context to answer why problems occur.