Observability team 2023 Vision Discussion
From the team meeting on 2023-03-14 (21:30 UTC), we started to discuss our vision and values.
Vision values
Values for deciding on the services we run will be updated to our team handbook page, but starting here:
- Dogfood where is makes sense.
- If we don't dogfood, we value following CNCF or other open source projects since these are likely to be tools that will align with our vision
- For evaluating tools we use, we have a set of evaluation criteria: a. What is the vision of the tool or feature? Is it being actively developed or in maintenance only mode? b. What is the maturity of the tool or feature.
- How can the tool increase our bus factor - we don't want just one DRI for a tool.
- Cost matters - don't just consider license/compute costs. Consider the Administrative / FTEs costs too.
Vision discussion questions
Threads of comments will be created below for each area we have services and tools so we can discuss our vision and thoughts for where we are. For each of those threads, we can ask ourselves questions like:
- Is this the right tool for the job?
- What alternatives are there? How mature are those alternatives?
- How important is it for us to change/update this tool?
Edited by Dave Smith