Observability and the Development Process

Explore the integration of observability into the software development lifecycle in this 50-minute conference talk. Learn how to leverage system insights to inform planning, development, and debugging processes. Discover practical instrumentation techniques used by Honeycomb to gain visibility into day-to-day operations. Examine topics such as ownership, building and fixing, debugging, test cases, production testing, feature flags, and blast radius. Gain valuable insights on best practices, migrating from unstructured data, evolving tools, and visualizing system behavior through tracing. Understand how observability can transform the way software is built, released, and maintained from the very beginning of the development process.

Intro
Ownership
Development Process
Building or Fixing
Debugging or Reward
Example
Debug Statements
Shared Cache
Test Cases
Testing in Production
Future Flags
Watchface
Observing Reality
Blast Radius
Recap
Best Practices
Migrating from Un unstructured
Evolving Tools
Visualizing
Tracing
Conclusion