Monitoring and debugging distributed systems is hard. In this episode, we catch up with Kelsey Hightower, Stevenson Jean-Pierre, and Carlisia Thompson to get their insights on how to approach these challenges and talk about the tools and practices that make complex distributed systems more observable.

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Featuring:

• Kelsey Hightower – GitHub, X
• Carlisia Thompson – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Stevenson Jean-Pierre – GitHub, X
• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

Projects mentioned in this episode include Pixie and Velero.

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