Observability & Monitoring · 2 min read · 2025-11-16
When logs from several servers are compared side by side, timestamps are often used to reconstruct the incident. If the clocks differ, however, a later event can appear to have happened first. Sorting timestamps is not enough to prove causal order.
Observability & Monitoring · 2 min read · 2025-06-24
Logs are useful for future investigations, but unlimited retention can let the evidence system consume the resources required by the service itself. Observability needs its own storage budget.
Voiceware Engineering · 2 min read · 2024-06-12
Making log shipping visible in the deployment model rather than treating logs as an afterthought.
Voiceware Engineering · 2 min read · 2020-05-13
Separating application logging from the system that moves or ingests those logs.