Intro to Observability

Observability is a huge success, but it’s also a victim of its own success: it has become a buzzword largely devoid of meaning.Some people even like it that way, because it makes it easier to sell old stuff under a new name.Let’s walk through the absolute basics to how to apply all the Cloud-native bells and whistles to any workload new or old.You will leave this session with a solid understanding of what made Observability successful and how to apply it to your own problems.

Speaker

  • Sebastian Schubert
    Sebastian Schubert
    Grafana Labs

    Basti is a Solutions Engineer at Grafana Labs and passionate about Open Source since he started using Linux in 1994. He helps customers on their journey to observability for their on-prem systems as well in the cloud. Before that, he ran the Unix/Linux based services at an ISP in Munich and took care of the Datacenter Infrastructure as well. In the past he worked on Mainframes, built clouds from scratch and engaged with the Monitoring Community. He also runs the infra for Munich’s volunteer fire brigade and is part of the Prometheus Team.

Date

Sep 23 2025
Expired!

Time

9:45 - 10:15