The Future of Observability: Observability 3.0
Observability, so hot right now. Over the years, we’ve seen observability go from an unknown concept to a ubiquitous phrase that everyone is desperate to stamp on their products. We’ve seen projects come, evolve, and die. We’ve seen technologies emerge out of the ashes, born from the tears of SREs long departed. Yet, amongst all of this growth, all of this innovation, one question remains: and then what?
You see, it turns out observability is pretty useless because it doesn’t do anything. Not by itself, that is. Which makes sense! Computers don’t do anything until you turn them on; bikes don’t go forward unless you pedal them; raw materials won’t turn themselves into a building without blueprints and labor. But observability? Somehow it’s this thing that we’ve been able to grow into a multi billion dollar industry composed entirely out of “get a bunch of data, and then…”
Just “and then”. Nothing else, nothing more. That’s right! GET ALL THE THINGS! UPLOAD THE WHOLE INTERNET INTO A ZIP FILE CALLED final_super_legit-awesome.observability.pdf.com. And then…
