Noah and Steve dig into observability! What is it? Why is it important? How do you use observability to get a handle on your troubleshooting?
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01:30 Theatre Remote - Glenn
- IR Blaster/Receiver with Tasmota + Knock off IR Remote
- Warning Current Model may not be Tasmota compatible
- URC Remote and Base station + Scenes
- Inteset 4-in-1 Universal Backlit IR Learning Remote
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13:00 Caller Dustin in TX
- Bank is blaming new ISP for no online bill pay
- Talk to the ISP
- Take machine from home to church
- Try tethering to your phone
- Try a VPN
- Could be multiple issues
28:00 Linux News Wire
Linus Prediction
BTRFS Kernel Improvements
Habana Labs AI
AMD DRM-Next
Linux Foundation European Division
Wolfi Undistribution
700% Rise in Malicious Activity
Bipartisan Security Bill
BigCode
Fundraiser for Kdenlive
Ventoy 1.0.80
0 A.D. Alpha 26
Debian 12 Bookworm Installer
Ubuntu Security Updates
30:00 Listener Responds to USB Port - Hank
- Try all the USB ports, including on the motherboard
32:00 Church Service Streaming - Jayson
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- Low Price
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- RTMP Streams
- Your own CDN
- Resi
- Requires proprietary box
- VERY expensive
38:00 Main Segment
Observability
- Figuring out what is going on in your system
- Observability is not Monitoring/Metrics
- 3 Parts - Collect, Monitor, Analyze
- You can't look for what you don't know
Tracing
- Span - specific length of time in which something happens
- Traces tell you where the problem is
- Dynatrace, Sumo Logic
Learn More
- Cantrel Talk
- McAllister Talk
- Google SRE Book
- Jaeger Tracing
- Open Telemetry
Example Trace Diagram
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