Code RED

We’re taking the Code RED podcast public! Join Dash0 CEO Mirko Novakovic, CTO Ben Blackmore, and Principal AI Engineer Lariel Fernandes for a no-fluff look at AI in observability.We’ll dig into:

⃗⃗⃗→ What agentic observability might actually look like
→ How OpenTelemetry enables the AI ecosystem
→ How AI shows up in real engineering workflows
→ And what still needs to be built

Former Coralogix VP of Products and OverOps co-founder Chen Harel joins Dash0’s Mirko Novakovic for a candid look at the observability industry — past, present and future. They unpack the early days of production debugging, the realities of scaling in a crowded market and the behind-the-scenes of big-name acquisitions. From surviving startup cycles to navigating enterprise politics, Chen shares what he's learned from a decade of building, selling and staying competitive in one of tech’s most unique spaces.

Former OpsGenie founder-turned-investor and Actioner CEO Berkay Mollamustafaoglu joins Dash0’s Mirko Novakovic to reflect on his journey from building a bootstrapped alerting platform in Turkey to a $295M Atlassian exit — and why he’s now betting on customer intelligence as the next frontier. Berkay also shares hard-won advice for global founders navigating building, funding, go-to-market and exiting on their own terms.

Spacelift co-founder Marcin Wyszynski joins Dash0’s Mirko Novakovic to talk about the past, present, and future of Infrastructure as Code. They unpack the birth of OpenTofu and why standardizing observability – especially with OpenTelemetry – is critical for managing increasingly complex infrastructure. Marcin also explains Spacelift’s mission to build infrastructure tooling that plays well in today’s agentic ecosystem and why he thinks DevOps often misapplies AI.

Industry veteran Andrew Mallaband of Breakthrough Moments joins Dash0’s Mirko Novakovic to explore critical gaps in modern observability. Drawing on his "Observability 2025" series, Andrew breaks down why cost, data overload and poor strategy are holding teams back. They discuss the rise of AI-powered SRE agents, the challenge of missing telemetry, and how aligning data collection with intention is key to unlocking AI’s potential.

Quesma CEO Jacek Migdal joins Mirko Novakovic to explore the future of querying and database interoperability. They dive into how Quesma rewrites SQL on the fly for cross-system compatibility, and they tackle the lack of query language standards in observability. Jacek also shares his thoughts on AI-assisted querying and why decoupling applications from databases is key to long-term flexibility.

Edge Delta founder and CEO Ozan Unlu joins Dash0’s Mirko Novakovic to discuss the rise of telemetry pipelines and why this once-niche idea is now critical infrastructure. Ozan shares how his experience at Microsoft and Sumo Logic inspired him to challenge centralized observability models. They cover data tiering, pipeline-based architectures and the growing role of AI in curating massive telemetry streams.

Juraci Paixão Kröhling, OpenTelemetry governing board member, joins Dash0’s Mirko Novakovic for a deep dive into the evolution of observability. From the JBoss and Jaeger early days to his new startup OllyGarden, Juraci shares how OpenTelemetry is reshaping the way we monitor distributed systems. They explore the challenges of tracing adoption, the semantics around spans and transactions, and why logs are still dominant (but perhaps not for long). Juraci also details his journey from engineer to entrepreneur and the future of observability in an AI-first world.

Langfuse CEO Marc Klingen joins Dash0’s Mirko Novakovic to explore the evolving challenges of building and scaling LLM-powered applications. They unpack how Langfuse went from a YC pivot to becoming an open-source platform used by thousands of teams. The conversation dives deep into LLM-specific tracing, evaluation, and cross-functional debugging, highlighting how Langfuse is redefining the developer workflow around AI evaluation, prompt management, and production monitoring.

Lumigo CEO Erez Berkner joins Dash0’s Mirko Novakovic to discuss the evolution of cloud observability and the critical role of AI in debugging modern architectures. They dive into the challenges of tracing serverless and hybrid environments, why traditional observability tools weren’t built for developers, and how AI-driven insights are shaping the future of automated troubleshooting.