In conversation with Charity Majors, CTO of Honeycomb
Blog post from Orb
In a podcast episode of Tractable, Kshitij Grover talks with Charity Majors, CTO of Honeycomb, about the evolution of observability tools and practices, transitioning from Observability 1.0 to 2.0. Observability 1.0 is characterized by multiple, disconnected sources of truth that rely heavily on engineers' intuition and experience for debugging, while Observability 2.0 provides a single source of truth with interconnected data allowing for more efficient problem-solving and shorter feedback loops. This shift enables engineers to derive metrics and traces from structured data, significantly speeding up processes such as identifying latency problems. Charity emphasizes that Observability 2.0 changes the way organizations develop code by making workflows more visible, reducing the time required to solve issues, and enhancing overall software engineering efficiency.