Otel stuff always seems overly complicated to me, but it must just be the types of projects I generally work with. Feels like observability meets java.
I've dabbled in building a project that collects metrics from the logs for smaller projects. Everyone tells me it's a bad idea, but it seems to work well for me.
Open Telemetry is the XML of Observability, and is providing the same value XML did when it was first introduced: interoperability.
Eventually it'll have successors that are better in some way, more efficient, or whatever, but right now there are no alternatives at all. Open Telemetry is the first common standard that multiple vendors have signed up to.
I'm working on a tool to make tracking business metrics easy. [0]
I've always had issues collecting business metrics like "signups per day" in observability tools, but using marketing type tools comes with it's own set of problems.
I've been using TimescaleDB for a while as a metrics datastore. It's really proven to be great for aggregating data without a lot of hassle (using continuous aggregates, retention policies, etc).
I recommend it when you don't want/need to have separate sources for account data and your metrics/aggregate data.
I like using the em dash, but I try to limit it now—because chatgpt loves it even more.
Maybe it's for the better, some people seem to have strong opinions about it.
I find it distracting, I think because I'm so used to humans using two hyphens as a substitute, sometimes with spaces around them, that a real em-dash used what I suppose is correctly looks too small and tight.
Right now, an AI tool that generates mockups for branding agencies. But I’m still validating the idea so who knows. Ideally, I would like a stack that would work for most SaaS I may think of building. Tempted to give Elixir Phoenix a try. I briefly tried it a few years back and it just felt right.
Yeah, unfortunately this is true. A street near my house has a limit of 40mph and people would regularly drive 60 mph+, sometimes someone would pass me doing 65+mph (it's a no-passing residential road).
Eventually someone died, and they added a lot of traffic-calming changes to the road. It's much nicer now, but a shame that someone had to die to change it.
I'm working on a solution for gathering product metrics and making sure applications keep running — when you don't want to install or maintain a lot of extra stuff. https://flexlogs.com
... also continuing to not add features to my (not-much-of-a) system for getting more done each week. https://carpeweekem.com
I've dabbled in building a project that collects metrics from the logs for smaller projects. Everyone tells me it's a bad idea, but it seems to work well for me.