O11ycast

Ep. #93, Adaptive Sampling Strategies with Mike Goldsmith

On episode 93 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Martin Thwaites sit down with Mike Goldsmith to explore how teams can control telemetry costs without sacrificing the data they

Ep. #92, Confidence Is the New Bottleneck with Ray Myers

On episode 92 of o11ycast, Ray Myers joins Ken and Jess to explore how observability, reliability engineering, and formal software engineering practices are becoming even

Ep. #91, Every Failure Becomes an Eval with Janaki Vivrekar

On episode 91 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Jess Kerr sit down with Janaki Vivrekar. Janaki shares how Amplitude is building AI-powered analytics agents, why evaluation fra

Ep. #90, Outcome Engineering in the AI Era with Cory Ondrejka

On episode 90 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Jessica “Jess” Kerr speak with Cory Ondrejka. Together, they unpack the rise of agentic AI, the shifting identity of software en

Ep. #89, Software Is the Killer App for AI with Bryan Cantrill

On episode 89 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Charity Majors are joined by Bryan Cantrill. They dive into the origins of observability, the realities behind AI productivity g

Ep. #88, Metrics Are Good, Actually with Charity Majors

On episode 88 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Jessica Kerr speak with Charity Majors about the shifting role of observability in modern software development. From AI-assisted

Ep. #87, Augmented Coding Patterns with Lada Kesseler

On episode 87 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Jessica Kerr sit down with Lada Kesseler to explore how experienced engineers can work effectively with AI coding assistants. Th

Ep. #86, 12 Years and 100 Million Customers with Amarilis Campos of Nubank

In episode 86 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Jessica Kerr sit down with Amarilis Campos from Nubank. They explore how Brazil’s largest digital bank uses observability to bui

Ep. #85, AI/LLM in Software Teams: What’s Working and What’s Next with Dr. Cat Hicks

In episode 85 of o11ycast, Dr. Cat Hicks unpacks AI’s impact on software teams from a psychological and social-science perspective. Along with Ken, Jess, and Austin, she

Ep. #84, Maddy Montaquila on .NET Aspire

In episode 84 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Martin Thwaites welcome Maddy Montaquila, lead PM for .NET Aspire at Microsoft. This episode dives into the "magic" of Aspire, e

Ep. #83, Observability Isn't Just SRE on Steroids with Dan Ravenstone

In episode 83 of o11ycast, the Honeycomb team chats with Dan Ravenstone, the o11yneer. Dan unpacks the crucial, often underappreciated, role of the observability engineer

Ep. #82, Automating Developer Toil with Morgante Pell of Grit

In episode 82 of o11ycast, Ken and Jess chat with Morgante Pell, the visionary behind Grit, an AI-powered agent designed to automate developer toil and technical debt. Th

Ep. #81, Observability 3.0-vNext-final-DRAFT with Hazel Weakly and Matt Klein

In episode 81 of o11ycast, Charity Majors and Martin Thwaites dive into a lively discussion with Hazel Weakly and Matt Klein on the evolving landscape of observability. T

Ep. #80, Augmented Coding with Kent Beck

In episode 80 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Jessica Kerr chat with Kent Beck about the emerging world of AI-assisted coding. Beck shares his experiences with "augmented cod

Ep. #79, AI and Otel: Look at your Data with Hamel Husain

In episode 79 of o11ycast, Hamel Husain joins the o11ycast crew to discuss the challenges of monitoring AI systems, why off-the-shelf metrics can be misleading, and how e

Ep. #78, Exploring OTTL with Tyler Helmuth and Evan Bradley

Episode 78 of o11ycast examines the world of OpenTelemetry Transformation Language (OTTL) with Tyler Helmuth and Evan Bradley, the maintainers behind this innovative fram

Ep. #77, Observability 2.0 and Beyond with Jeremy Morrell

In episode 77 of o11ycast, Charity, Martin, Ken, and Jess welcome Jeremy Morrell to talk about OpenTelemetry, the future of observability, and how small teams can get sta

Ep. #76, Managing 200-Armed Agents with Andrew Keller

In episode 76 of o11ycast, Jessica Kerr and Martin Thwaites speak with Andrew Keller, Principal Engineer at ObservIQ, about the evolving world of telemetry and observabil

Ep. #75, O11yneering with Daniel Ravenstone and Adriana Villela

In episode 75 of o11ycast, Daniel Ravenstone and Adriana Villela dive into the challenges of adopting observability and OpenTelemetry in modern organizations. From breaki

Ep. #74, The Universal Language of Telemetry with Liudmila Molkova

In episode 74 of o11ycast, Liudmila Molkova unpacks the importance of semantic conventions in telemetry. The discussion highlights the challenge of agreeing on naming con