Ep. #88, Metrics Are Good, Actually with Charity Majors

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolving role of observability in software development with insights from Charity Majors.

On episode 88 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Jessica Kerr speak with Charity Majors about the shifting role of observability in modern software development. From AI-assisted instrumentation to reducing developer cognitive load, the episode examines how teams can move from reactive monitoring to continuous learning. It’s a deep dive into observability as a sense-making practice, not just a tooling problem.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ken Rimple, Jessica Kerr

Guest: Charity Majors

Topics covered

• observability
• software development
• AI-assisted instrumentation
• developer cognitive load
• reactive monitoring
• continuous learning

Keywords

• metrics
• sense-making practice
• tooling problem

Mentioned in this episode

Products: observability tools, AI instrumentation

Books & works: Metrics Are Good, Actually with Charity Majors

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