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October 18, 2024

Raising Signal-to-Noise in Observability

The battle against dashboard overload and how to design telemetry that actually accelerates incident response.

Dashboards multiplied faster than genuine insight over the last decade. Instead of piling on more panels, teams are shifting toward opinionated, story-driven telemetry.

The move is less about tooling and more about aligning what you collect with the decisions responders actually make. Good SNR means golden signals, thoughtful cardinality, and ruthless pruning.