2024-12-30¶
Netflix and title launches¶
On the Netflix Technology Blog, a new article was published: read Title Launch Observability at Netflix Scale where Varun Khaitan writes about metrics that matter to a (movie) title’s success. The post explains why going beyond tracking system metrics such as error rates, latencies, and CPU utilization matters. Excellent food for thoughts!
Recapping OTel panel¶
ICYM the live panel broadcast, read up on Colin Contreary's Holiday Sweaters & OTel Insights: Recapping our “2025 Unwrapped” panel. Of course, the article also contains a link to the video recording of this awesome panel, if you prefer to watch it ;)
2024 retro¶
Dotan Horovits and Charity Majors in another great OpenObservability Talks episode: read the End-of-Year Observability Retrospective to learn more. Dotan, KUTGW!
Prometheus vulnerabilities¶
300,000+ Prometheus Servers and Exporters Exposed to DoS Attacks by Yakir Kadkoda and Assaf Morag of Aqua Security highlights vulnerabilities and security flaws within the Prometheus ecosystem. Recommend to peruse and apply the learnings.
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