Tagged “distributed-systems”

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• 3 Jul 2026

  Observability Is a Counter in RAM, an ID in a Header, and a Log with Context

  I thought observability was just a logging system with fancy analysis on top. Descending into how each pillar actually emits data — a counter in memory, an ID in a header, a log with context — is what made it click.

  • observability
  • backend
  • opentelemetry
  • distributed-systems