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Gain agility through observability
Heather Waters | January 19, 2023As we navigate geopolitical challenges, macroeconomic headwinds, and the post-pandemic comedown, there is pressure to drive transformation, reduce costs, and be more efficient. See how observability can help you rise to the challenge and be more agile.
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Now Playing: Your Jaeger Traces in Lightstep
Parker Edwards | Aug 26, 2019Jaeger tracing, welcome to Lightstep! Now, traces can be sent natively to Lightstep alongside any other OpenTracing instrumentation or Lightstep agents and plugins.
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How We Write Code at Lightstep: Lab Notebooks
Julian Griggs | Aug 25, 2019Many engineering teams create some form of a Design Document in the early stages of a new project. At Lightstep we do things a bit differently. Rather than Design Documents, we’ve created “Lab Notebooks.”
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Kubernetes Logs and Services: Beware These Pitfalls
David Klein, James Burns | Aug 15, 2019So, you’ve gone “cloud native” … you’re running apps in containers, you’re scheduling them with Kubernetes, and now you’re trying to figure out what the heck is going on. It’s the third time in a month where your customers are seeing two minutes of...
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Kubernetes distribution comparison: A brief overview
Vince Power | Aug 12, 2019There are a multitude of Kubernetes distributions out there, and determining which one is best for your needs can be a real challenge. To help solve that challenge, this article walks through a comparison of the three major Kubernetes distributions.
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Why Working on Monoliths is Bad for Your Career
James Burns | Aug 6, 2019Microservices are not a magic dust of success, but, all things being equal, you will grow more, learn more, become a better developer, and be more successful at more successful businesses by choosing to work in environments embracing microservices.
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Kubernetes Observability for Contrarians
James Burns | Jul 28, 2019So, maybe you’ve heard of this Kubernetes thing? As Kubernetes continues to pick up steam as the best platform to run your cloud native applications questions continue to be raised about how to make it observable.
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Announcing Workflow Links: An Easier Way to Manage Distributed Systems
David Klein | Jul 22, 2019This article discusses why we built Workflow Links — to create an immediate connection from traces in Lightstep to whatever internal or external tools you need to do your job well.
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Development Time: The Only Cost That Matters
James Burns | Jul 10, 2019This article discusses the impact of lost development time, lost customer feedback on new features, operational issues — these all pale before the long-term impact of making developers scared to develop and deploy.
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OpenTracing vs OpenTelemetry: Building a Bridge with OpenTelemetry
Carlos Alberto Cortez | Jun 26, 2019One of the main priorities for the merger is straightforward backwards compatibility with both OpenTracing and OpenCensus, via software bridges. In this post, we’ll discuss the OpenTracing to OpenTelemetry bridge.
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