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The 5W’s of Observability with Practical Examples
Tue, 25 April
While we all strive to build an error-free, reliable software system, in reality, no system can be devoid of glitches. Hence it is important to have an effective way to catch these errors early on and debug them quickly so as to minimize any negative impact these would have on your business. This is why having an observable system becomes very critical. Similar to the principle of fail-fast based on which we have automated tests to give us faster feedback, there needs to be a mechanism in place that detects any deviation from normal system behavior as quickly as possible so as to reduce any unfavorable impact it could have on the consumers of your application.
In this session, I will talk about the 5 W’s of observability - What is observability? Why is it important? Who needs to care about it? When should you start thinking about it? And how do you make your system observable? I will also share practical examples of how we implemented observability for a large enterprise retail client while taking them through their legacy modernization journey and the learnings of what to do and what not to especially when you have to keep the legacy system alive while moving to a more modern microservices based architecture.
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About the speaker
Pooja Subramanian
Market Technology Partner, Australia, ThoughtWorks
Pooja joined ThoughtWorks as a Graduate Consultant Developer about 11 years ago and since then she has led multiple co-sourced and distributed engagements in domains like retail, IoT, and healthcare for enterprises and scale-ups. Her core interest and area of expertise lie in architecting scalable platforms and helping clients in their legacy transformation journeys. Pooja currently plays the role of the Market Technology Partner for ThoughtWorks' Australian market where she drives demand and delivery conversations from a tech perspective. Pooja is also the Software dev community of practice lead for Thoughtworks India driving collaboration between the communities across different geographies and building learning paths for the community.
Pooja enjoys presenting her experience and case studies from architecting solutions across projects in conferences and has spoken in forums such as Thoughtworks’ XConf, GIDS and APIDays mostly on topics around microservices and IoT.
Navin Nair
Market Tech Principal, ThoughtWorks
Navin is an experienced technologist with primary focus on building business-relevant digital products and solutions. He brings with him more than two decades of experience as a developer, architect, engineering lead, echnical program manager, practice lead etc. He is passionate about building scalable distributed systems leveraging cloud, data, IOT and partnering with customers on their digital journeys as they scale their tech to support their business. At Thoughtworks, Navin is a Market Technology Partner for South East Asia where he drives market demand and technology delivery.
