I miss teaching my observability classes. I'm excited to recreate the material probably next year and if I have my way this time it's going to be "open source" so I don't have to write half a book from scratch again.

I took an information theory focused approach last time because it's what I found to be best specifically for measuring the behavior of large scale systems behavior. Statistical views have their place and utility but my experience is that they typically lead to overly noisy detection and less ability to bisect issues.

#observability

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AI is transforming observability. From AI Investigators to RAG, engineers are shifting from reactive fixes to proactive insights.

Recap from Wade Moore’s talk at All Things AI 2025: https://allthingsopen.org/articles/ai-observability-proactive-insights

If observability dashboards matter, they deserve to be treated like code.

That means version control, validation, repeatability... the whole kit and caboodle. Perses is a CNCF project that makes dashboards GitOps-friendly from the start, so they’re no longer fragile, ad-hoc artifacts that vanish when you need them most.

Thunder guest @ericschabell explains:
https://youtu.be/jx7JeZdJESo

Just published: My article on PHP Best Practices in Production is in the latest PHP magazin (in German)!

It covers:
- Performance and deployment tips
- Monitoring and error handling
- Common real-world mistakes to avoid

Read the full article: https://entwickler.de/php/produktiver-einsatz-php-best-practices

AI will likely be integral to #observability in the future.

In this blog, we share the Grafana Labs perspective on the role of #AI in observability and how it's influencing the tools we're building to help our users:

https://grafana.com/blog/2025/08/14/ai-in-observability-at-grafana-labs-making-observability-easy-and-accessible-for-everyone/?camp=assistant-pub&mdm=social&src=masto

KBC Advisors Keeps #MissionCritical #GIS Running with #ArcGISMonitor https://tinyurl.com/275rmy3z via NV5Geospatial

#ArcGISEnterprise #ArcGISAdmin #GIO #observability #IT #bestpractices #esri #arcgis #NV5 #GISchat #geospatial @esri @arcgisxprise @esritraining @esrifederalgovt @esrislgov @urisa

What’s the difference between monitoring and APPLICATION monitoring?

Thunder guest Jonah Kowall explains how APM (Application Performance Monitoring) became a thing, and why distributed tracing is always part of the story.

☆ Watch the full episode →
https://youtu.be/DGELUM-tSq4

Live now with my colleagues Jay Clifford and Salva Corts to talk about structured metadata in this month's @grafana #loki community call! https://youtube.com/live/IKdRzjwFXYI

Auch die Cloud verstaubt

@Avision #Cloud #CloudMigration #Digitalisierung #InfrastructureasCode #LifecycleManagement #Monitoring #Observability #technische Schulden

https://netzpalaver.de/2025/08/12/auch-die-cloud-verstaubt/

Logs are not optional. A complete #Kubernetes #observability stack must go beyond just metrics, dashboards, and alerts.
In this excellent guide, Ryan Jacobs explains the often-overlooked complexity of #logging in Kubernetes and why it deserves as much attention as metrics and #traces.
Learn more about this
https://bit.ly/45KvGl1

Jaeger takes trace data from your apps, stores it, and gives you a way to explore it. ♫

Thunder: Full episode with Jaeger maintainer Jonah Kowall →
https://youtu.be/DGELUM-tSq4

Haven’t shared your experience with the OpenTelemetry Collector yet? There’s still time!

Our follow-up survey is still open, and we’re inviting all Collector users to help us understand:
- What’s improved
- What still needs work
- How we can better support your use cases

Even if you responded to the first survey, we’d love your updated perspective.

Take 5 minutes and tell us what’s up → https://buff.ly/Ghoh5H9

How does Jaeger use OpenTelemetry?

OTel collects the traces, and Jaeger helps you explore them.

.｡.:*☆ Watch the full Thunder episode →
https://youtu.be/DGELUM-tSq4

Featuring Jaeger maintainer Jonah Kowall!

International Space Station #observability isn't rocket science. It's #Grafana.

Golden Grot Award winner Ruben Fernandez shares everything you can observe with his dashboard. Check out his quick 2-minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T2QIeU3EYQ

From your cluster to the cosmos — the possibilities are endless with #GrafanaEverywhere.

Catch Rob King, my friend and colleague, speaking at @cloudnativelon on The Data Collection Gambit with great #chess stories woven in! @chronosphereio #cloudnative #observability @opentelemetry @PrometheusIO https://www.youtube.com/live/qF4wz-pha1w?si=rhnb_lmUH9LEzINR&t=626

Kinda fun to see the background of contributors and maintainers at the @cloudnativefdn Here's my #cTENcf and #FirstContribution to CNCF projects. #ContribCard #CNCF10 @chronosphereio #cloudnative #observability #o11y https://contribcard.cncf.io/eschabell

#KubeCon India booth S7 is where it's at! Thanks to those who stopped by yesterday.

Day 2 is just beginning and we're here to answer your questions about #observability and #Kubernetes monitoring, showcase cool demos, and send you off with #Grafana swag!

Are you a developer trying to master telemetry pipelines? Here's a few @fluentbit tricks to help you with hot reloading to speed up your inner developer loop on @DZoneInc! @chronosphereio #cloudnative #observability #o11y https://dzone.com/articles/developer-guide-service-section-configuration

A glimpse into life before distributed tracing.

Multiple teams. Siloed tools. Confused users.
ヽ(。_°)ノ

In this Thunder short, Jaeger maintainer Jonah Kowall explains how painful debugging used to be, and why tracing changed everything.

Full episode → https://youtu.be/DGELUM-tSq4