The duality of observability is controllability. Observability is the ability to infer the internal state of a “machine” from externally exposed signals. Controllability is the ability to control input to direct the internal state to the desired outcome. We need both in today’s cloud-native world. Quite often we find that…

Container as a Service (CaaS) may be the new trend for developers and deployment but with its flexibility and capability there are still several items to consider. Here are three takeaways for CaaS. TAKEAWAY #1: CAAS FITS IN THE GAP BETWEEN IAAS (INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE) AND PAAS (PLATFORM AS…

What is RED? RED started with WeaveWorks as an off-shoot of Google’s Golden Signals. Originally focused on microservices architectures, RED offers substantial benefits to any transaction-based service (which means most of the Cloud Native world). It’s clean and easily understandable and provides a clear, consistent picture to any service. …

It was a pretty safe bet that we wouldn’t see a repeat of the Amazon Prime day meltdown of 2018 this year. However, the Apple online store meltdown of 2019 shows that the potential for bad things to happen to any company large or small. …

In the modern world, services change as often as necessary. While constantly building and pushing new features are exciting, it becomes a headache to coordinate and troubleshoot when issues arise. In hyper-growth organizations, engineering teams struggle to keep track of what’s being changed across a larger group and the cascade…