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Re:Unpacking Observability: The Observability Stack by inshadows on Friday September 10, 2021 @05:05PM (#28486880)
Observability is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observability

This is monitoring. More comprehensive monitoring does not warrant new fancy name. Except if you want to confuse people. Or feel good for doing something "revolutionary". (You are not. You are doing monitoring.)

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Re:Unpacking Observability: The Observability Stack by sagichmal on Saturday September 11, 2021 @03:47AM (#28490151)
The capabilities described in the post do indeed offer observability, not just monitoring.
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Re:Unpacking Observability: The Observability Stack by inshadows on Saturday September 11, 2021 @04:21AM (#28490311)
Fixed that for you: The capabilities described in the post do indeed offer more comprehensive TRACING/MONITORING, not just MONITORING.

Again, new monitoring solutions with fancy YAML configs do not warrant new name, more so when that new name is established concept in dynamical systems control theory.

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Re:Unpacking Observability: The Observability Stack by sagichmal on Saturday September 11, 2021 @05:04AM (#28490496)
No, they offer observability as defined in your link.
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