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Good observability is part technology part culture. The practice follows a basic premise:
1. Systems send data (telemetry) about their status,
2. a central repository collects the data,
3. robots observe,
4. and raise alarms when something looks wrong.
Engineers use that data to analyze what’s going on and fix the issue. Your primary inputs are metrics, events (logs), and traces.
Scaling Fast
Swizec Teller
Regularly ask for feedback from others to tune your own perception.
Typical Problems of Technical Founders
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The mass market is dying. There is no longer one best song or one best kind of coffee. Now there are a million micromarkets, but each micromarket still has a best. If your micromarket is “organic markets in Tulsa,” then that’s your world. And being the best in that world is the place to be.
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