I Can Sell You Observability, But You Can't Buy It • Austin Parker • GOTO 2020

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Chicago 2020. #GOTOcon #GOTOchgo http://gotochgo.com Austin Parker - Author and Principal Developer Advocate at LightStep ABSTRACT Observability is practically a requirement to build a resilient, decentralized software application. In response to this, your options are practically limitless – and these options can make your head spin. How do you choose? What should you choose? Build, buy or something in between? The real question isn’t what or how but if observability is something you can buy at all. This talk will give you a framework to understand the trade-offs between observability solutions and a guide to the important cultural changes that make it work for your team and organization. You’ll take away a scorecard for evaluating observability tools, some real-world tips for driving an observability practice on your team and a quick overview of the newest developments in the observability world. This talk is for people who are responsible, or worried about, monitoring and understanding distributed systems -- or any kind of software [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:11 Observability 03:58 What you can buy 08:16 Selling culture 14:05 Evaluating observability 19:10 Conclusion Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotochgo.com/2020/sessions/1433/i-can-sell-you-observability-but-you-can-t-buy-it RECOMMENDED BOOKS Rishu Mehra • What is Data Observability • https://amzn.to/3zdkxFK Gerardus Blokdyk • Observability Services A Complete Guide • https://amzn.to/3zgA73A https://twitter.com/GOTOchgo https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Observability #DistributedSystems #DevOps #Culture Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at http://gotocon.com SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1