The first-ever Dash conference was held in NYC, featuring keynotes from Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel and former NASA flight director Paul Hill. Key topics included product launches such as Watchdog, App Analytics, and Logging without Limits, which aim to improve observability and reduce costs. Another focus point was the importance of approaching observability as a business concern, ensuring good service for customers by monitoring systems from end to end. Breakout sessions covered performance, scalability, and teams, with speakers sharing their experiences and lessons learned in building and managing complex systems, including using circuit breakers and experimentation-built-in CD. The conference aimed to share knowledge and get to know the community better, with plans already underway for a bigger and better Dash in 2019.