Powerful things happen when ITOps teams move beyond a break-fix approach and lean into proactive optimization. 

Instead of just responding to issues as they occur, when teams have independent visibility into their end-to-end service delivery chain, they can proactively identify possible areas for optimization and improvement. For example, streamlining one small part of a complex process could shave seconds off the total transaction time; do this for every part of the process, and the efficiency savings can quickly add up.

In recent weeks, it appeared OpenAI’s ChatGPT may have been undergoing this type of optimization, as we observed material improvements in page load times and some evidence suggesting possible configuration changes and re-architecture in the pursuit of performance improvements.

Read on to learn more about what we saw at ChatGPT, as well as insights from incidents at companies including Grammarly, Bluesky, and Netflix, or use the chapters below to jump to the sections that most interest you.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

00:48 ChatGPT Disruptions

08:17 Grammarly Issues

10:59 Netflix Issues

12:09 Bluesky Disruptions

13:26 Salesforce Outage

14:50 Verizon Fios Disruption

16:14 Outage Trends: By the Numbers

18:36 Get in Touch

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ABOUT THE INTERNET REPORT

This is The Internet Report, a podcast uncovering what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why. 

Tune in to hear ThousandEyes’ Internet experts dig into some of the most interesting outage events from the past couple weeks, discussing what went awry—was it the Internet, or an application issue?

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