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The setup

• verdverm 8mo ago
  in our industry, shortcuts are a primary source of tech debt which either gets paid off or continues to charge interest
  • tonymet 8mo ago
    It’s not a shortcut if it’s cheaper , easier and works .
    • verdverm 8mo ago
      Works and easier are contextual, from my pov, narrowed to multi-machine/service scenarios since you mentioned a suite of tools to pair with this one. It may be easier to set up, but it may not be easier to do my job. For example, can it graph the count of log matches over time for me by source node? Is missing a feature I need, that I already have in a mature o11y stack, then I wouldn't say it "works" or is "easier" for the majority of my interactions with it. Paying more up front, a one time set up cost, has always been worth it in my experience for your o11y stack. The dividends pay back when you are able to restore production faster than your peers. Over time, the benefits manifest in your salary too. How does this tool compare when you have multiple people working to debug an outage? How does it work if I need more reliability than a single instance can provide?
      • tonymet 8mo ago
        AWS' favorite customer