Managing state in observability instrumentation presents unique challenges, particularly when dealing with concurrent operations. The Humainary Substrates API offers an elegant solution by offloading state management to pipeline processing. Through its Stage interface and built-in concurrency controls, developers can create custom instruments (percepts) without getting entangled in thread safety issues.
Category: Observability X
Observability X – eXtensibility
Today's observability toolkits represent a one-size-fits-all approach that fails to capture the nuanced needs of modern systems. This post advocates for extensible observability toolkits that empower teams to construct custom instruments (percepts) tailored to their requirements.
Observability X – Location Agnostic
Our approach to observability has been constrained by the notion that instruments and observers are fundamentally distinct entities. This post offers an alternative perspective: observers are themselves instruments, constructing more comprehensive and insightful observations by integrating data from lower-level instruments.