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Ep. #82, Automating Developer Toil with Morgante Pell of Grit

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 38:40


In episode 82 of o11ycast, Ken and Jess chat with Morgante Pell, the visionary behind Grit, an AI-powered agent designed to automate developer toil and technical debt. The discussion covers the evolution of AI in coding, the challenges of building and deploying AI agents, the future of combining code awareness with production awareness, and Grit's acquisition by Honeycomb.

Ep. #81, Observability 3.0 and Beyond with Hazel Weakly and Matt Klein

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 40:36


In episode 81 of o11ycast, Charity Majors and Martin Thwaites dive into a lively discussion with Hazel Weakly and Matt Klein on the evolving landscape of observability. The guests explore the concept of observability versioning, the challenges of cost and ROI, and the future of observability tools, including the potential convergence with AI and business intelligence.

Ep. #80, Augmented Coding with Kent Beck

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 39:49


In episode 80 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Jessica Kerr chat with Kent Beck about the emerging world of AI-assisted coding. Beck shares his experiences with "augmented coding," discussing the benefits, challenges, and the evolving relationship between developers and AI agents. They explore how these tools are changing software development practices and what it means for the future of coding.

Ep. #79, AI and Otel: Look at your Data with Hamel Husain

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 46:48


In episode 79 of o11ycast, Hamel Husain joins the o11ycast crew to discuss the challenges of monitoring AI systems, why off-the-shelf metrics can be misleading, and how error analysis is the key to making AI models more reliable. Plus, insights into how Honeycomb built its Query Assistant and what teams should prioritize when working with AI observability.

Ep. #78, Exploring OTTL with Tyler Helmuth and Evan Bradley

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 41:40


Episode 78 of o11ycast examines the world of OpenTelemetry Transformation Language (OTTL) with Tyler Helmuth and Evan Bradley, the maintainers behind this innovative framework. Discover how OTTL enables powerful telemetry data transformations, its practical applications, and what lies ahead for OpenTelemetry's transformative ecosystem.

Ep. #77, Observability 2.0 and Beyond with Jeremy Morrell

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 44:32


In episode 77 of o11ycast, Charity, Martin, Ken, and Jess welcome Jeremy Morrell to talk about OpenTelemetry, the future of observability, and how small teams can get started. Jeremy shares stories of debugging breakthroughs, adopting standards, and building tools that help engineers focus on what matters.

Ep. #76, Managing 200-Armed Agents with Andrew Keller

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 38:34


In episode 76 of o11ycast, Jessica Kerr and Martin Thwaites speak with Andrew Keller, Principal Engineer at ObservIQ, about the evolving world of telemetry and observability. They explore the role of OpenTelemetry, the groundbreaking Open Agent Management Protocol (OpAMP), and how open standards are shaping the future of data pipelines. Learn how ObservIQ's innovations help standardize telemetry collection and empower organizations with dynamic, scalable tools for managing their observability ecosystems.

Ep. #75, O11yneering with Daniel Ravenstone and Adriana Villela

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 46:24


In episode 75 of o11ycast, Daniel Ravenstone and Adriana Villela dive into the challenges of adopting observability and OpenTelemetry in modern organizations. From breaking down vendor loyalty to getting developers to see the value of instrumentation, they explore how to foster a culture of curiosity and collaboration to make observability a core part of development.

Ep. #74, The Universal Language of Telemetry with Liudmila Molkova

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 45:27


In episode 74 of o11ycast, Liudmila Molkova unpacks the importance of semantic conventions in telemetry. The discussion highlights the challenge of agreeing on naming conventions, the role of working groups in maintaining these standards, and the potential for future integration with AI technologies. Liudmila underscores the importance of a shared, vendor-agnostic approach to telemetry, enabling smoother interoperability across platforms.

Ep. #73, AI's Impact on Observability with Animesh Koratana of PlayerZero

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 39:14


In episode 73 of o11ycast, Jessica Kerr, Martin Thwaites, and Austin Parker speak with Animesh Koratana, founder and CEO of PlayerZero, about the future of observability with AI. Discover how PlayerZero leverages LLMs to democratize institutional knowledge, improve software quality, and make problem-solving more accessible to all engineers.

Ep. #72, Mobile Observability with Hanson Ho of Embrace

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 43:06


Episode 72 of o11ycast explores the world of mobile observability with Hanson Ho, Android Architect at Embrace. Hanson unpacks how mobile's diverse device landscape impacts data collection and performance monitoring, the role of OpenTelemetry in simplifying these challenges, and the importance of tailoring observability strategies to real-world user experiences. Join hosts Charity, Jess, and Austin for this insightful examination of an often overlooked observability niche.

Ep. #71, Evaluating LLM-based Apps with Shir Chorev of Deepchecks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 40:46


In Episode 71 of o11ycast, Jessica Kerr and Austin Parker sit down with Shir Chorev to delve into the nuances of incorporating Generative AI into applications and testing the outcomes. Shir shares her journey from a data scientist to founding Deepchecks, driven by her vision to enhance the quality and reliability of machine learning and AI in real-world scenarios. Gain valuable insights on how LLMs are reshaping the development landscape, making advanced projects more accessible, and strategies for mitigating adversarial use cases. Whether you're in DevOps, infrastructure, or just passionate about AI, this episode is packed with expert advice and cutting-edge information.

Ep. #70, Evangelizing Observability with Dan Gomez Blanco of Skyscanner

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 45:48


In episode 70 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Dan Gomez Blanco of Skyscanner. Dan shares his expertise on evangelizing better observability practices at Skyscanner and offers insights from his experience on the OpenTelemetry governance committee. Discover how observability can minimize organizational costs, the future of auto-instrumentation, and valuable advice on detecting and avoiding over-instrumentation. Plus, learn about the importance of tail sampling and OpenTelemetry's semantic conventions.

Ep. #69, Collecting Cybercrime Data with Charles Herring of WitFoo

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 49:01


In episode 69 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Charles Herring of WitFoo. Together they dive deep into the world of cybercrime investigations. Discover the intricate processes of data collection and analysis in the realm of cybersecurity, all while balancing the imperative of cost-effectiveness and citizen privacy.

Ep. #68, Observa-What? with Michele Mancioppi of Dash0

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 47:17


In episode 68 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Michele Mancioppi of Dash0. This talk examines what it takes to make observability more accessible to non-experts in the space. Additional topics explored include the differences between monitoring and observability and Michele's shift from staff engineering to product management.

Ep. #67, Managing Infrastructure Costs with Performance Engineering

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 43:31


In episode 67 of o11ycast, Martin, Jess, and Liz dive deep on performance engineering. Pulling heavily from Liz's extensive experience in the field, they share insights on utilizing data to balance resources like developers' time and infrastructure costs. Listeners can expect to learn helpful lessons on infrastructure optimization, performance data accessibility, and why Honeycomb embraced Kubernetes.

Ep. #66, Building Observability Platforms with Iris Dyrmishi of Miro

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 34:35


In episode 66 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Iris Dyrmishi of Miro. They dive deep on what it takes to build an observability platform with open source tooling. Additionally, they explore the expense of outsourcing observability, the journey from logs to traces, tips for adopting new tools, and the spread of the FinOps movement.

Ep. #65, Simplifying Tracing with Sophie DeBenedetto of GitHub

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 35:42


In episode 65 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Sophie DeBenedetto of GitHub. This talk explores observability at GitHub, the value of tracing, the BEAM ecosystem, the Elixir language, and insights on leveraging observability at scale.

Ep. #64, Shared Language Concepts with Austin Parker of Honeycomb

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 34:47


In episode 64 of o11ycast, Jessica Kerr and Martin Thwaites speak with Austin Parker of Honeycomb. This talk explores how observability within an organization provides a shared language between teams to discuss reliability. Other topics examined include numeronyms in the tech space, OpenTelemetry, and Kubernetes.

Ep. #63, Observability in the Database with Lukas Fittl of pganalyze

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 36:05


In episode 63 of o11ycast, Charity and Jess speak with Lukas Fittl of pganalyze about database observability. This talk explores relational database management systems (DBMS), the open source library Sqlcommenter, query plans, and insights on supporting application teams.

Ep. #62, Adopting OpenTelemetry with Doug Ramirez of Uplight

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 36:44


In episode 62 of o11ycast, Jessica Kerr and Martin Thwaites speak with Doug Ramirez of Uplight. This conversation covers many aspects of adopting OpenTelemetry including integration concerns, social challenges, building trust, and running it at scale. Listen in to find out why after 35 years of diverse experiences across several industries, Doug's excited about observability.

Ep. #61, What Comes After o11y with Heidi Waterhouse of Sym

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 43:22


In episode 61 of o11ycast, Jessica and Martin speaks with Heidi Waterhouse of Sym. Together they explore the sensations of proprioception and interoception, how they relate to the future of observability, and the ways machine learning could assist in simplifying that future.

Ep. #60, Customer-Centric Observability with Todd Gardner and Winston Hearn

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 46:06


In episode 60 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Todd Gardner of TrackJS and Winston Hearn of Honeycomb. This talk explores customer-centric observability, Request Metrics, Core Web Vitals, and insights on optimizing observability across different browsers.

Ep. #59, Learning From Incidents with Laura Maguire of Jeli

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 48:49


In episode 59 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Laura Maguire of Jeli and Nick Travaglini of Honeycomb. They unpack Learning From Incidents (LFI), resilience engineering, process tracing, safety science, key takeaways from the LFI Conference, and the human side of observability.

Ep. #58, Game Development with Brenna Moore of Second Dinner

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 38:50


In episode 58 of o11ycast, Jess and Liz speak with Brenna Moore of Second Dinner. This conversation explores game development and the many ways the industry has evolved, the infrastructure side of gaming, semantic conventions within the code, and career opportunities for developers aspiring to enter the field.

Ep. #57, Monitoring K8s Applications with Shahar Azulay of Groundcover

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 40:05


In episode 57 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Shahar Azulay of Groundcover about monitoring Kubernetes applications, improving the UI experience of observability tools, and utilizing APMs. Shahar shares lessons learned from his storied career in R&D leadership positions, cyber security, machine learning and AI, as well as general advice for developers, SREs, project leaders, and executives.

Ep. #56, Opinions on Opinions with Kris Nóva

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 34:11


In episode 56 of o11ycast, Charity, Liz, and Jess speak with Kris Nóva, an author and software engineer with an expertise in Linux kernel security. They explore the intersection of platforms and observability, unpacking infrastructure management, the cluster lifecycle, outcome-driven development, and the importance of best practices.

Ep. #56, Opinions on Opinions with Kris Nóva

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 34:11


In episode 56 of o11ycast, Charity, Liz, and Jess speak with Kris Nóva, an author and software engineer with an expertise in Linux kernel security. They explore the intersection of platforms and observability, unpacking infrastructure management, the cluster lifecycle, outcome-driven development, and the importance of best practices.

Ep. #55, The Dev Side of Observability with Martin Thwaites of Honeycomb

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 32:22


In episode 55 of o11ycast, Charity and Liz speak with Martin Thwaites, a developer advocate at Honeycomb. They discuss the dev side of observability, exploring topics like logging pipelines, the pain of context switching for developers, the significance of the DevOps movement, best practices for scaling engineering teams, and outside-in test-driven development.

Ep. #55, The Dev Side of Observability with Martin Thwaites of Honeycomb

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 32:22


In episode 55 of o11ycast, Charity and Liz speak with Martin Thwaites, a developer advocate at Honeycomb. They discuss the dev side of observability, exploring topics like logging pipelines, the pain of context switching for developers, the significance of the DevOps movement, best practices for scaling engineering teams, and outside-in test-driven development.

Ep. #54, Cloud Native Observability with Alex Boten of Lightstep

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 39:25


In episode 54 of o11ycast, Liz Fong-Jones and Jessica Kerr speak with Alex Boton of Lightstep. They discuss Alex's book Cloud Native Observability with OpenTelemetry, OTel documentation and community, vendor lock-in, and the pain of instrumentation.

Ep. #53, Seduced by Reality with Jean Yang of Akita Software

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 28:55


In episode 53 of o11ycast, Charity and Jess speak with Jean Yang of Akita Software about legacy software, API-driven observability, tips for improving team efficiency, and insights on how observability can inform programming languages.

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Ep. #52, Service Level Objectives with Alex Hidalgo of Nobl9

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 38:55


In episode 52 of o11ycast, Charity and Jess speak with Alex Hidalgo of Nobl9. Alex shares his formative experiences advocating for reliability, insights on utilizing error budgets, and the attributes needed to leverage senior-level influence within a socio-technical environment.

Ep. #51, Performance Engineering with Henrik Rexed of Dynatrace

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 38:02


In episode 51 of o11ycast, Charity Majors and Jessica Kerr are joined by Henrik Rexed of Dynatrace. This conversation covers a wide array of software and observability topics including trends in performance engineering, insights on minimizing system complexity, the shortcomings of auto-instrumentation, and best practices for avoiding vendor lock-in.

Ep. #50, Identifying Weak Spots with Benjamin Wilms of Steadybit

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 33:03


In episode 50 of o11ycast, Charity Majors and Jessica Kerr are joined by Benjamin Wilms of Steadybit. This conversation examines chaos engineering before production, identifying weak spots in your distributed system, and the health of the tech industry at large.

Ep. #49, Incident Commanders with Fred Hebert of Honeycomb

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 39:47


In episode 49 of o11ycast, Charity Majors and Jessica Kerr speak with Fred Hebert of Honeycomb about incident commanders. Listen in for insights on the role of SREs, the educational value in incidents, improving feedback cycles, and choosing the right OKRs.

Ep. #48, Mastering Migrations with Adriana Villela of Tucows

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 28:39


In episode 48 of o11ycast, Charity and Liz chat with Adriana Villela of Tucows. They unpack Adriana's journey into observability, the community resources that lit her path, and her experience driving o11y at Tucows.

Ep. #47, Outcome-based Observability with Gibbs Cullen of Chronosphere

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2021 24:48


In episode 47 of o11ycast, Liz Fong-Jones speaks with Gibbs Cullen of Chronosphere. Together they compare the roles of product managers and developer advocates, and discuss the phases of outcome-based observability.

Ep. #46, Guiding Observability Teams with James Deville of Procore Technologies

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 32:11


In episode 46 of o11ycast, Liz and Charity are joined by James Deville of Procore Technologies. James shares the insights he's gained guiding o11y teams and the difficulties tech-forward teams face in non-tech sectors.

Ep. #46, Guiding Observability Teams with James Deville of Procore Technologies

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 32:11


In episode 46 of o11ycast, Liz and Charity are joined by James Deville of Procore Technologies. James shares the insights he's gained guiding o11y teams and the difficulties tech-forward teams face in non-tech sectors.

Ep. #45, Choosing OpenTelemetry with Chris Holmes of Simply Business

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 26:49


In episode 45 of o11ycast, Charity and Liz are joined by Chris Holmes of Simply Business. Together they unpack OpenTelemetry, the importance of tracing, and the observability adoption process at Simply Business.

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Ep. #44, Examining OpenTelemetry with Vincent Behar of Ubisoft

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 30:08


In episode 44 of o11ycast, Liz and Charity speak with Vincent Behar of Ubisoft. Together they pull back the curtain on OpenTelemetry, exploring its popularity and standardization, as well as Vincent's continuous journey to better understand the developer experience.

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