Changelog Master Feed Infosec & OpenTelemetry (Ship It! #128)
Nov 1, 2024
Austin Parker, Director of Open Source at Honeycomb, discusses OpenTelemetry's role in enhancing observability. Dave Rosenthal, CTO of Sentry, shares insights on application health and error monitoring. Kurt Mackey, CEO of Fly.io, highlights innovative cloud service solutions for developers. Avthar from Timescale explains how Postgres can power time series analytics and AI applications. The conversation explores the balance between data gathering and user experience, alongside humorous anecdotes about parenting in a tech-centric world.
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Security Obstacles
- Security policies and controls often hinder productivity, leading to bypasses.
- People will circumvent controls if they perceive them as obstacles to getting work done.
Ideal vs. Real World
- Best practices and architectures often don't reflect real-world production complexities.
- Autumn Nash wishes for more reality-based advice for developers.
Commodification of DevOps
- Over-abstraction in software development creates silos and hinders collaboration.
- Austin Parker believes that focusing on working code and shared understanding is key.