Distributed System Monitoring and Observability
Issue #76: From Black Box to Crystal Clear: Master the Art of System Visibility - From Black Box to Crystal Clear: Master the Art of System Visibility
📋 What We'll Cover Today
🎯 Core Concepts
Three pillars of observability (metrics, logs, traces)
Correlation engines and intelligent alerting
Enterprise patterns from Netflix, Google, and leading tech companies
🛠️ Hands-On Implementation
Complete 5-service distributed system with observability stack
Prometheus metrics, Jaeger tracing, Grafana dashboards
Real-time correlation and error injection scenarios
📈 Production Insights
Business vs. technical metrics
Advanced debugging techniques
Chaos engineering integration
When Your System Becomes a Black Box
You're a investigating a crime, but instead of examining one crime scene, you need to piece together evidence scattered across an entire city. Each clue exists in a different location, recorded by different witnesses, using different languages. This is precisely the challenge you face when debugging distributed systems without proper observability.