In distributed systems, identifying the root cause of a problem can be challenging-is it the application code, the database, the network, an external service, or simply a configuration issue?
This session explores how to build observability into the application and infrastructure from the start, giving development and operations teams the context they need to troubleshoot complex environments quickly and effectively.
We’ll cover practical approaches for combining logs, metrics, and distributed tracing, propagating correlation IDs across services, monitoring the actual user experience, and identifying bottlenecks and slow transactions.
The session will also demonstrate how OpenTelemetry can provide a consistent observability framework across modern architectures and how SLI, SLO, and error budgets can help teams move from reactive monitoring to measurable, service-level reliability.