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Effective Platform Engineering
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Effective Platform Engineering

by Bryan Oliver, Nic Cheneweth, Ajay Chankramath, Sean Alvarez
October 2025
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
12h 56m
English
Manning Publications
Audiobook available
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5 Evolutionary observability

This chapter covers

  • Why observability is critical for both a platform and its users
  • Providing observability as a service to platform users
  • Understanding how observability platforms work and when they are needed
  • Using service level objectives to gain user confidence

Imagine that work on the platform starts at Epetech with a backlog of stories, and things are going well. Prioritization of stories is leading to a steady stream of delivery, and with the observability-driven development practices that have been evangelized across the team, plenty of telemetry data can be used to diagnose and uncover problems. More importantly, the business has a great idea of the value that platform efforts are returning right from ...

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