2023-01-16¶

Continuous profiling: Pyroscope¶

Check out the "Is It Observable" episode What is Continuous Profiling and What is Pyroscope with Ryan Perry.

O11y-driven development¶

In The difference between test-driven development and observability-driven development Adnan Rahic of Tracetest provides a hands-on explanation of the topic.

Practical SLO guide¶

Prathamesh Sonpatki wrote A practical guide for implementing SLO and I recommend to have a look at it if you plan to invest in this area.

Applied dev o11y¶

Sprkl — more than a VScode extension by Albion Bame is a really well done high-level overview on applied developer observability.

Java OTel metrics primer¶

Asaf Mesika on OpenTelemetry Metrics Primer for Java Developers. Thank you for this deep-dive resource!

When to Alert on What?¶

When to Alert on What? by Ali Sattari (SRE at WeTransfer) is a short but super useful post, taking you through the maturity levels of alerting.

Prometheus metric types¶

The one and only Julius Volz strikes again: watch his YouTube video on Understanding Prometheus Metric Types covering the meaning and usage of gauges, counters, summaries, and histograms in Prometheus.

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