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Using OpenTelemetry and the OTel Collector for Logs, Metrics, and Traces
This production-focused guide offers an understanding of what OpenTelemetry is, its core components, and a detailed look at the OTel Collector.
DevOps & SRE
Causality
In 2025, I resolve to make my application environment more resilient
By identifying potential risks in real time, predicting future demand, and adapting resources dynamically, teams can maintain reliability even under extreme conditions. This isn’t about eliminating unpredictability; it’s about building systems that respond intelligently to it.
DevOps & SRE
In 2025, I resolve to be proactive about reliability
Making changes to production environments is one of the riskiest parts of managing complex systems. In 2025, let's transform how changes are made, empowering teams to anticipate risks, validate decisions, and protect system stability—all before the first line of code is deployed.
Causality
In 2025, I resolve to eliminate escalations and finger pointing
Explore the challenges of multi-team escalations, and the capabilities needed to address them. We’ll show how observability can be transformed to make escalations less contentious and more productive.
Causality
In 2025, I resolve to spend less time troubleshooting
SREs and developers can make troubleshooting more manageable in 2025 by adopting systems that solve the root cause analysis problem.
Media Article
The O11ys 2024 – The Winners!
Read the Observability 360 announcement of all The O11ys 2024 winners. Best Use of AI Winner: Causely Many observability systems now claim to support Root Cause Analysis. At the same time though, most of these systems use algorithms – admittedly, advanced…
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Tackling CPU Throttling in Kubernetes for Better Application Performance
CPU throttling is a frequent challenge in containerized environments, particularly for resource-intensive applications. It happens when a container surpasses its allocated CPU limits, prompting the scheduler to restrict CPU usage. While this mechanism ensures fair resource sharing, it can significan
What’s a “Service Owner” and how can they improve application reliability?
Assuring application reliability is a persistent challenge faced by every IT organization, complicated by rapid technology evolution and the increased emphasis on lean engineering. One trend among progressive companies is to designate a “Service Owner” who is responsible for making…
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Watch out! Sharks at KubeCon
Based on my LinkedIn news feed, it must be that time of year when thousands of open source enthusiasts congregate to talk tech at various parties, dinners, and other networking events surrounding KubeCon. In fact, we’re hosting a couple of…
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Observability talks sure to make waves at KubeCon
KubeCon North America 2024 is around the corner! This year I’m especially excited, as it’s my first KubeCon since we launched Causely. The energy at KubeCon is unmatched, and it’s a great opportunity to catch up with familiar faces and make new…
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The use of eBPF – in Netflix, GPU infrastructure, Windows programs and more
Takeaways from eBPF Summit 2024 How are organizations applying eBPF to solve real problems in observability, security, profiling, and networking? It’s a question I’ve found myself asking as I work in and around the observability space – and I was pleasantly…
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The “R” in MTTR: Repair or Recover? What’s the difference?
Finding meaning in a world of acronyms There are so many ways to measure application reliability today, with hundreds of key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure availability, error rates, user experiences, and quality of service (QoS). Yet every organization I…