Is It Already Time To Version Observability? (Signs Point To Yes.)

Pillars, cardinality, metrics, dashboards ... the definition of observability has been debated to death, and I'm done with it. Let's just say that observability is a property of complex systems, just like reliability or performance. This definition feels both useful and true, and I am 100% behind it. However, there has recently been a generational sea change in data types, usability, workflows, and cost models, along with what users report is a massive, discontinuous leap in value. In the parlance of semantic versioning, it is a breaking, backwards-incompatible change. Which means it’s time to bump the major version number. Observability 1.0, meet Observability 2.0. In this presentation, we will outline the technical and sociotechnical characteristics of each generation of tooling and desc