Gateway Software Symposium
April 10 - 11, 2015
Monitoring and Metrics and Logging: Oh My!
Friday - Apr 10 1:15 PM CDT - BELLERIVE
Visibility is one of the primary characteristics of applications that aren’t just coded well, but run well in production. We need visibility to understand:
- how our system performs
- how our system misbehaves
- how our system fails
- how our users interact with our system
- what’s providing value to users and what’s not
- and more!
In this talk we’ll look at the three disciplines of monitoring, metrics, and logging, and see how properly used, they can dramatically increase our system’s inherent visibility.
Topics will include:
- what metrics should we collect?
- how should we expose those metrics?
- can frameworks help?
- what should we monitor?
- monitoring components vs. systems
- building dashboards
- the art of logging
- log aggregation and analysis
- tools, tools, tools, tools!
Matt Stine
I Enable Early-Career Enterprise Software Engineers to Continuously Improve
About Matt Stine
My passion is taking a metaphysical approach to software engineering: what is the nature of the collaborative game that we continuously play, and are there better, more contextually-aware ways to play that game?
By day I lead a team tasked with taking a first-principles-centric approach to intentionally enabling programming language usage at the largest bank in the United States.
By night I write and teach my way through a masterclass in software engineering and architecture targeting early-career software engineers working in large-scale enterprise technology organizations.
What is the primary goal?
To win the game. More seriously: to get 1% better every day at providing business value through software.
Who am I?
I'm a 22-year veteran of the enterprise software industry. I've played almost every role I can imagine:
- Software Engineer
- Software Architect
- Technical Lead
- Engineering Manager
- Consultant
- Product Manager
- Field CTO
- Developer Advocate
- Conference Speaker
- Author
- Technical Trainer
- Technical Marketer
- Site Reliability Engineer
- Desktop Support Specialist
I've worked at Fortune 500 companies, a tenacious teal cloud startup, and a not-for-profit children's hospital. I've written a book, and I've hosted a podcast. I've learned a lot along the way, including many things I wish I'd known when I first got started. And so now I want to pass those learnings on to you, especially if you've only just begun your career.