Ordering the Chaos - Cleaning Logs and Ordering Events in Microservices

Explore the challenges of tracking and ordering events in microservice architectures through this comprehensive conference talk. Delve into the complexities of synchronizing clocks, understanding why timestamp-based ordering fails in distributed systems, and learn effective strategies for introducing meaningful order. Discover key concepts such as happened-before relation, vector clocks, and correlation IDs. Gain insights into the misleading nature of common time understanding in distributed environments and explore mitigation techniques. With examples presented in .NET, this moderately intense session is suitable for intermediate-level developers seeking to enhance their knowledge of log management and event ordering in microservice ecosystems.

Ordering the chaos - cleaning logs and ordering events in microservices - Adam Furmanek