Paresh Yadav·Oct 29Observability Series 9 — How to Learn Observability Without Becoming an SREMaster the concepts, touch the tools once, and let Ops run the clusters.
Paresh Yadav·Oct 29Observability Series 8b — Sampling and CostFull tracing everywhere is a bill, not a strategy.
Paresh Yadav·Oct 29Observability Series 8 — Making It Survive ProductionA demo that works on a laptop has answered none of the questions production will ask.
Paresh Yadav·Oct 27Observability Series 7 — The Same Trace ID in Every Log LineCorrelation is the difference between three dashboards and one answer.
Paresh Yadav·Oct 11Observability Series 6 — Who Does What in the Observability StackFive tools, four stages, and the mistake of asking one of them to do another’s job.
Paresh Yadav·Sep 27How I Stopped Perfecting Design Docs and User Stories: 3 Agent Waves and Let Ops FinishSmall models draft, the largest model aggregates, a different model reviews — write your agent prompts optimally.
Paresh Yadav·Sep 22Observability Series 5 — Where to Put the SignalsInstrument boundaries, not business logic — and let three questions choose the signal type.
Paresh Yadav·Sep 13Observability Series 4 — One Request, Many ServicesA trace turns “the system is slow” into “this span is slow”.
Paresh Yadav·Sep 12Observability Series 3 — Counter, Gauge, HistogramThe metric type you pick decides which question you can answer later.
Paresh Yadav·Aug 30Observability Series 2 — Logs Are for Humans, Events Are for MachinesA log tells a story to a person; a structured event is a signal a machine can act on.
