At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU, Grafana Labs VP of Product Tom Wilkie and Red Hat Software Engineer Frederic Branczyk discussed the evolving landscape of observability beyond the traditional three pillars of monitoring, logging, and tracing. They proposed the integration of these pillars for more seamless workflows, highlighting tools like Grafana Loki and OpenTelemetry for enhanced data correlation. They also predicted the emergence of new signals and analyses, such as time series profiling, which could provide deeper insights into system performance issues. Additionally, they forecast a shift towards simpler, index-free log aggregation systems, exemplified by tools like Grafana Loki, which prioritize ease of use and scalability for developers. The talk emphasized community involvement in advancing observability practices to create more reliable systems.