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Frontend Debugging Is Bad and it Should Feel Bad
BLOG: Frontend debugging is frustrating due to a lack of observability. Learn how OpenTelemetry and observability 2.0 can help you quickly identify and fix frontend issues. Read the full blog post to discover practical tips for improving frontend debugging.
Posted: 17 Sep 2024 | Published: 17 Sep 2024


What Is Observability? Key Components and Best Practices
BLOG: Observability is crucial for understanding complex software systems. This article covers its key components: logs, metrics, and traces, and how the core analysis loop aids in proactive issue detection and resolution. Learn how observability differs from monitoring and its benefits. Read the post for best practices on implementing observability.
Posted: 17 Sep 2024 | Published: 17 Sep 2024


Is it Time to Version Observability? Signs Point to Yes
BLOG: Observability is evolving from the "three pillars" model to a unified, high-cardinality data approach. Learn how this shift to "Observability 2.0" can unlock powerful new capabilities and reduce costs. Read the full blog post to explore this transition.
Posted: 17 Sep 2024 | Published: 17 Sep 2024


Confidently Shifting from Logs-Centric to a Unified Trace-First Approach: Ritchie Bros. Journey to Modern Observability
CASE STUDY: Ritchie Bros. moved from a monolithic system to cloud-native microservices, needing enhanced observability for a successful digital transformation. By adopting Honeycomb's trace-first approach, they achieved faster troubleshooting, improved cross-department coordination, and better business decisions. Read the full case study to learn more.
Posted: 17 Sep 2024 | Published: 17 Sep 2024


Getting Started with OpenTelemetry + Honeycomb
EBOOK: Discover how Honeycomb and OpenTelemetry work together to power advanced observability. Learn about distributed tracing, data-rich visualizations, and service maps. Get started with instrumentation and maximize insights from your telemetry data. Read the full guide to enhance your observability.
Posted: 17 Sep 2024 | Published: 17 Sep 2024


All the Hard Stuff Nobody Talks About when Building Products with LLMs
BLOG: Building products with large language models (LLMs) is challenging, with issues like limited context windows, slow performance, and prompt engineering hurdles. This post explores the real-world obstacles the Honeycomb team faced when developing their Query Assistant feature. Read the full blog to learn from their experiences.
Posted: 17 Sep 2024 | Published: 17 Sep 2024


Observability engineering
EBOOK: Observability is critical for managing today's software.This O'Reilly e-book presents 321 pages of expert insights on the state of observability engineering, giving you the information you need to understand the most prevalent trends and strategies. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 17 Sep 2024 | Published: 17 Sep 2024


How OpenTelemetry and Semantic Telemetry Will Reshape Observability
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how OpenTelemetry and semantic telemetry are reshaping observability. It discusses the challenges of traditional telemetry, the benefits of semantic data, and how OpenTelemetry addresses the tradeoffs in observability. Read the full white paper to learn how these innovations can transform your observability practices.
Posted: 17 Sep 2024 | Published: 17 Sep 2024


8 Best Practices to Understand and Build Generative AI Applications Effectively
EBOOK: Discover 8 best practices to effectively build and understand generative AI applications. Learn how to set realistic expectations, leverage software engineering, invest in data quality, and deploy early and often. Read the e-book to unlock the full potential of AI for your organization.
Posted: 17 Sep 2024 | Published: 17 Sep 2024


What Does a Good Trace Look Like?
EBOOK: What does a good trace look like? In this e-book by Honeycomb, learn about 7 key characteristics of a successful trace and review an example of good tracing.
Posted: 30 Apr 2024 | Published: 30 Apr 2024

TOPICS:  .NET

Flight to Success: Birdie's DevOps Evolution Fueled by Observability Insights
CASE STUDY: To unlock critical insights about debugging and application performance, Birdie, a home healthcare tech platform, set out to enhance its observability. Check out this case study to discover how the company accomplished its mission.
Posted: 26 Apr 2024 | Published: 26 Apr 2024

TOPICS:  .NET

Tackling the Cost Complexity of Observability Tools
WHITE PAPER: Along with supplying illuminating insights into data and systems, observability tools can strain IT budgets. This white paper, “Tackling the Cost Complexity of Observability Tools,” explores the economic viability of transitioning from observability 1.0 to 2.0. Continue on to learn about 5 core components of observability 2.0.
Posted: 19 Apr 2024 | Published: 19 Apr 2024

TOPICS:  .NET

Start with Traces, not with Logs: How Honeycomb Helped Massdriver Reduce Alert Fatigue
CASE STUDY: To chart the journey of Massdriver – a cloud operations platform that simplifies building, deploying and scaling cloud-native apps – to observability, dig into this case study.
Posted: 16 Apr 2024 | Published: 16 Apr 2024

TOPICS:  .NET

The Future of Ops Is Platform Engineering
BLOG: “The industry is now bifurcating along an infrastructure fault line,” writes CTO at Honeycomb.io Charity Majors in "The Future of Ops Careers,” “and the overlap between infrastructure-oriented engineers and operationally-minded engineers is swiftly eroding.” So, what will the future of operations look like? Access Majors’ thoughts in this blog.
Posted: 13 Apr 2024 | Published: 13 Apr 2024

TOPICS:  .NET

How Are Structured Logs Different From Events?
BLOG: Structured logs and events: How are they different? Access an answer in this blog on observability penned by Staff Engineer at Honeycomb, Ben Hartshorne.
Posted: 12 Apr 2024 | Published: 12 Apr 2024

TOPICS:  .NET

Driving Culture Change: Phorest's Observability Transformation
CASE STUDY: Phorest, an Ireland-based software company, set a goal: to enable observability for its engineers at an affordable, predictable price. This case study charts the company’s observability journey, highlighting 3 reasons why Phorest selected Honeycomb as a partner. Dive in to unlock the complete insights.
Posted: 11 Apr 2024 | Published: 11 Apr 2024

TOPICS:  .NET

Observability for Large Language Models
EBOOK: “As organizations eagerly embrace the potential of LLMs,” this e-book explains, “the need to understand their behavior in production and use that understanding to improve development with them has become apparent.” Step in observability, here to help you develop and deepen your understanding of LLMs. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 09 Apr 2024 | Published: 10 Apr 2024

TOPICS:  .NET

The Director's Guide to Observability: Leveraging OpenTelemetry in Complex Systems
WHITE PAPER: For a 13-page guide to observability in complex systems, review this white paper, which explores 3 layers of observability, observability workflows, and more.
Posted: 08 Apr 2024 | Published: 09 Apr 2024

TOPICS:  .NET

The Total Economic Impact™ Of Honeycomb
FORRESTER TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT: To help DevOps and engineering teams enhance their production processes, Honeycomb developed an observability tool. Tap into this “Total Economic Impact” report to review Forrester’s analysis of the tool.
Posted: 06 Apr 2024 | Published: 06 Apr 2024

TOPICS:  .NET