Observability is a Many-Splendored Definition
Read OriginalThis article clarifies the definition of observability in software, arguing against the common industry reduction to just 'metrics, logs, and traces.' It explains observability's roots in control theory as the ability to understand any internal system state by asking external questions, and critiques why traditional monitoring data types can be hostile to achieving true observability.
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