November 2021 Summaries

Nov 11, 2021 is the date of the article which discusses observability in serverless applications and its importance. Observability helps us understand what's happening in our application and troubleshoot problems when they arise, making it an essential part of running production workloads. The author compares using native AWS services with building a custom solution using third-party services such as Lumigo, highlighting the benefits of using a specialized vendor like Lumigo for a better developer experience. Lumigo offers features like 1-click auth-tracing, capturing contextual information, and built-in alerting, which are not available in native AWS services. The author suggests that while native AWS services have limitations, they can still be used to achieve observability with some engineering effort. However, using a third-party service like Lumigo can provide a more productive experience for developers and save time in troubleshooting and problem-solving.

Nov 02 2021 was the day when Lumigo announced an additional $29 million in funding to further expand its observability capabilities into cloud-native technologies such as containers and Kubernetes. Lumigo, founded by Aviad Mor and another individual, aimed to create tools that help developers realize the benefits of cloud-native architectures. The company started with serverless technologies like AWS Lambda but soon expanded into a broader ecosystem including container-based components and orchestrated by tools like Kubernetes. With this funding, Lumigo plans to provide a complete observability distributed tracing and debugging solution for modern cloud applications. Additionally, the company is focusing on extending its platform beyond observability into debugging capabilities, enabling developers to easily understand the end-to-end story of every request and find root causes of issues. The funding round was led by RedLine Capital with participation from other investors, and Lumigo is now seeking new talent to join its growing team.