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Observability Engineering with Liz Fong-Jones


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Join host Kaivalya Apte in this episode of The Geek Narrator Podcast as he discusses observability engineering with field CTO at Honeycomb, Liz Fong-Jones. They delve into the importance of observability for software engineers, the role of Honeycomb in popularizing this concept, and how observability has evolved over the years. Liz shares her experiences transitioning from being an SRE at Google to advocating for observability at Honeycomb and walking the journey from developer advocate to Field CTO. They discuss the definitions and misconceptions surrounding observability and elucidate on Service-Level Objectives (SLOs) & indicators (SLIs) and challenges they solve. Tune in for an informative and in-depth conversation on observability engineering.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:08 Understanding Observability Engineering
00:37 Guest Introduction: Liz Fong Jones
00:53 Liz's Journey to Field CTO at Honeycomb
27:38 Understanding Site Reliability Workbook Materials
27:57 Identifying Critical User Journeys
29:49 Different Types of Services and Their SLOs
33:05 Setting Up SLOs: Granularity and Number
42:42 Understanding Service Level Indicators (SLIs)
50:26 Common Mistakes in Setting Up SLOs
52:09 Cultivating an Observability-Driven Development Culture
References:
Observability Engineering: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/observability-engineering/9781492076438/
 @Google  SRE book: https://sre.google/books/
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