Observy McObservface Episode 4: Wrench Fight - Gobython & CNCF Showdown
Blog post from New Relic
Sally Lehman, an experienced Site Reliability Engineer, shares her insights on the observability podcast hosted by Jonan, discussing her journey from technical support to managing email systems and her experiences with various configuration management tools like Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, and Kubernetes. She explores the benefits of Kubernetes over others due to its structured labeling system and abstraction layers, which facilitate developer autonomy in infrastructure management. Sally highlights her excitement about the CNCF's observability tools like Prometheus and Thanos, emphasizing their role in integrating logging, tracing, metrics, and alerting systems into a cohesive experience. She also expresses optimism about the future of monitoring tools and encourages newcomers to engage with open-source communities, noting the need for inclusive and supportive environments. The conversation touches on the evolving landscape of open-source projects, the challenges in DevOps, and the potential for integrated, intelligent observability solutions.