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Grateful for our collaboration with Multitudes: together we were able to speed up alert reporting by 10x, create more transparency around on-call metrics, and live up to our commitment to a healthy on-call culture for our engineering team.

💸 “How much should we be spending on observability?” Spoiler: It’s still complicated. The good news? Charity Majors has some guidance. In Part 2 of her deep dive, Charity explores what’s really driving observability costs—and what you can actually do to control them. From business pressures to technical realities (hello, cardinality and dimensionality), she unpacks the real levers at your disposal. 🔍 Whether you’re navigating the multiple pillars model or diving into observability 2.0, this one’s for you. 👉 Read the post: https://lnkd.in/e3qxyJPT #Observability #DevOps #EngineeringExcellence 

Great chat with Yassine Kachchani talking about how we interview and hire at Honeycomb, how many employees feel about AI, and more.

Big congrats to our CEO Christine Yen who has been named BigDATAwire's 2025 People to Watch! This tenth anniversary list honors innovators transforming the future of data and AI. "We’re fully embracing GenAI at Honeycomb with both arms and possibly both feet. We’re really curious about building with these new technologies. We pride ourselves on sharing what we learn as we incorporate them into our work. You can expect the same trusted, grounded, and optimistic perspective we use to discuss other technological issues." #BigDATAwire #AIobservability https://lnkd.in/gZ4kiRnp

What is observability—and why is it essential for modern software teams? In under 10 minutes, Charity Majors breaks it all down: ✅ Observability vs. monitoring ✅ Why traditional tools fall short ✅ How telemetry helps you solve complex problems This video is part of the free Observability Foundations course at academy.honeycomb.io. https://lnkd.in/ebB8S-qr

How much should you be spending on observability? Back in 2018, Charity Majors guessed 20–30% of your infra bill. That number somehow became gospel—and it's long overdue for a refresh. In this post, she revisits that rule of thumb (it’s closer to 15–25% now), unpacks when observability is an investment vs. a cost, and explores why this “cost crisis” might be the best thing to happen to developer tools in a decade. 📖 Read: https://lnkd.in/eFXg3AQE Part 2 drops next week—get ready for practical cost-control tactics. #Observability #DevOps #ObservabilityCosts

🚀 New in Honeycomb: custom calculations in queries! It’s fast. It’s flexible. It’s live now. 🎬 Check out how it works 👇  #FeatureRelease #ObservabilityTools #DevExperience

“Observability is way more about software engineering than it is about operations.” In this post, Martin Thwaites explains why observability isn’t just for Ops—it’s a core part of writing resilient, maintainable code. 👉 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eJkhfPUc

One month to go. Are you ready for Observability Day London? Join us 15 May for a no-fluff day of keynotes, technical sessions, and live demos with the experts who are shaping the future of observability. Space is limited—register today! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/edJZC-G8

At the ExploreDDD Conference in Denver, Jessica Kerr is running a hands-on workshop for anyone who’s inherited “the mystery app.” It’s slow. It’s buggy. You’re responsible for it now. In Support Complexity with Observability, you’ll learn how to use OpenTelemetry + Honeycomb to trace microservices and surface insights that help you fix things fast—with fewer guess-and-check cycles. Bring your laptop. We’re getting hands-on. 🗓 Thurs April 17, 9:00–11:00 AM | #ExploreDDD https://lnkd.in/eUDDnMKd