This is exactly what we have to overcome. Shipping code with instrumentation, then looking at it, is what makes development FAST, EASY, and FUN.
I agree that the tooling has been too opaque, unnatural, focused on systems instead of lines of code. But this is *changing*. Fast.
I agree that the tooling has been too opaque, unnatural, focused on systems instead of lines of code. But this is *changing*. Fast.
https://twitter.com/mushuweasel/status/1482218754750619650
Once someone has experienced how much easier it is writing code with real observability, you cannot pull it out of their cold dead hands. It's like getting glasses for the first time, and realizing you could barely see the world around you.
This is partly a generational thing. Those of us who grew up writing software with metrics and logs have a lot of unlearning to do, a lot of trauma and frustration to unwind.
Engineers who never learned to navigate monitoring tools actually have it much easier picking up o11y.
Engineers who never learned to navigate monitoring tools actually have it much easier picking up o11y.
It really is hard to explain. You kind of have to experience it yourself. This is why we have such a generous free tier, to encourage engineers to play around and do real things with it.
When it clicks, it clicks. You'll see what I mean.
When it clicks, it clicks. You'll see what I mean.
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