The Ticking Time Bomb of Observability Expectations

Monday, March 18, 2024 - 1:50 pm2:35 pm

David Caudill, Capital One

Abstract: 

Explore the fundamental problems with the popular "monitor everything" maxim, and allowing vendors to control our discourse about monitoring. You'll leave with some fundamental principles to guide your approach to observability in a cost-conscious manner.

David Caudill, Capital One

David Caudill is a Site Reliability Engineer and recovering Engineering Manager. He has wide ranging experience in distributed datastores, healthcare, adtech, biotech, education, ophthalmology, logistics, and most recently, fintech. In his spare time he makes strange sounds with synthesizers and is an avid collector of folk and ethnic art.

BibTeX
@conference {295023,
author = {David Caudill},
title = {The Ticking Time Bomb of Observability Expectations},
year = {2024},
address = {San Francisco, CA},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = mar
}

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