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Observability, Black Boxes, and why Signals aren't all that

Observability, Black Boxes, and why Signals aren't all that

Over the past six months, I have come to believe that talking about Signals in the context of Observability is a mistake. To properly support distributed systems, we need to change how we observe them - the "Signal Braid" is no longer enough.

Let's Embark! Shipping Kubernetes Logs with fluentd, Loggly, and Kustomize (Part 5)

Let's Embark! Shipping Kubernetes Logs with fluentd, Loggly, and Kustomize (Part 5)

Today we're setting up a Kubernetes Logging Solution using Loggly and some simple Kubernetes commands.

Answering Questions: Using your Monitoring Tools Appropriately

Answering Questions: Using your Monitoring Tools Appropriately

For a lot of people, monitoring is just setting up some default metrics, outputting a few logs and, implementing a new APM if you have time. However, a good monitoring solution requires time to analyse and understand the requirements.

An API Monitoring Scaffold Solution

An API Monitoring Scaffold Solution

I HATE on-call. That's why when I decided to start doing my own side-hustle, I wanted to make sure there were no 4 AM wake-ups unless necessary. I have designed a very simple and cheap process for monitoring websites that uses AWS services.