Watching and Finding Things: System Detectives

Find the Clues

Observability is like being a detective trying to find clues in lots of places to solve a big missing piece

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It is a bit like following a trail of breadcrumbs to see where they lead and understand how everything works together.

Just like having special glasses to see things far away we use tools to watch how all the computer stuff is doing

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When we observe and find clues, it is like figuring out how to fix things and make everything better again