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@mipsytipsy
honeycomb, observability, the second edition of "Observability Engineering" is coming out soon. find me on substack, bsky, LI, and occasionally here. 🐝🏳️‍🌈🦄
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  • @mipsytipsy
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    @mipsytipsy
    Aug 20
    the first in a 3-part series on @honeycombio's AI norms and values is up, called "How We Do Business at Honeycomb." honeycomb.io/blog/ai-norms-… values are not supposed to be aspirational. values should codify how things actually work. this is how it works at our company.
    AI Norms & Values, Part 1 of 3: How We Do Business
    From honeycomb.io
  • @mipsytipsy
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    @mipsytipsy
    Aug 5
    AGREE.
    @lukefernandezio
    Luke Fernandez
    @lukefernandezio
    Jul 10
    Observability is a topic that I think could use more rigor and less fluff. Many people, including myself, are muddy on the topic. And we're in the middle of a big paradigm shift. Digging into some great resources from @mipsytipsy to get a better understanding myself. Will share
  • @mipsytipsy
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    @mipsytipsy
    Jul 9
    Years ago, I predicted that columnar storage would remake the landscape of observability tools. I thought we'd see a wave of new columnar-backed observability tools grow up to displace the old, creaky, three pillars model with tech that is faster, easier, cheaper, and better in
  • @mipsytipsy
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    @mipsytipsy
    Jul 7
    Go read this post from Mat Duggan right now -- "@ClickHouseDB is Winning the Observability Wars". Go! I'll wait. matduggan.com/clickhouse-is-… "Every other observability backend I've worked with mutates as it grows... ClickHouse at 10 TB a day looks like ClickHouse at 1 TB a day
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  • @mipsytipsy
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    Jul 2
    Everybody hates AI mandates -- unsurprisingly, since most of them are terrible and poorly resourced. But they don't have to be terrible. A mandate plus enablement is the most honest and effective way to fund a lot of change on a tight timeline. charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/in-defense-o…
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