In a rapidly changing cloud environment, monitoring software plays a crucial role in providing operational visibility to automation engineers. Datadog is designed specifically for monitoring dynamic cloud environments and can quickly add value to a Convox environment by providing excellent monitoring capabilities. By leveraging the Convox platform and integrating with AWS EC2 Container Service (ECS), users can deploy the Datadog agent as a Convox app, enabling real-time data flow and visualization of app performance on Convox. This setup allows automation engineers to focus on their applications instead of worrying about infrastructure, making it easier to integrate with the rest of the AWS account, build custom dashboards, and set up monitors and alerts.