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Observability for Microservices vs Monoliths: Strategies that Worked in 2025

Learn how observability strategies differ between monolithic and microservice architectures. Explore challenges, best practices and tooling for DevOps and SRE teams in 2025 ...

Neel Shah | November 20, 2025 | AI-driven observability, centralized logging, DevOps observability strategies, distributed tracing, dynamic infrastructure observability, Grafana Honeycomb Middleware, microservices monitoring, microservices vs monoliths, monolith performance monitoring, observability, observability tools 2025, OpenTelemetry, scalable telemetry ingestion, service metrics, smart alerting, SRE best practices, telemetry data, tracing context propagation

K0rdent, costs, scheduling, cost, Kubecost cloud-native costs OpenCost Stackwatch Kubecost cost allocation Reduce Virtual Machine Licensing Costs

Building FinOps With k0rdent Open Source

Learn how open-source k0rdent and KOF enable platform teams to build custom FinOps solutions with predictive cost forecasting and real-time savings insights ...

LLMs & Kubernetes Configuration: Automating Hardening, Drift Detection and Policy Enforcement

Kubernetes misconfigurations remain the top security risk. AI copilots promise automated hardening, drift detection, and policy enforcement to make clusters safer ...

Kubernetes, observability, tracing, kubernetes observability, Grafana labs, kubernetes, observe, tool, Datadog, data, observability, kubernetes Docker Granulate observability

Bridging Observability & Security in Kubernetes: Beyond Just Metrics

Kubernetes has expanded agility but also the attack surface. Alan argues that observability and security can no longer live in silos — metrics, logs, and traces already hold critical security signals, while ...

From Observability to Actionability: Why Metrics Alone Aren’t Enough

Observability has plateaued. The next step is actionable observability—using AI, automation, and SLOs to turn telemetry into reliable outcomes ...

Alan Shimel | September 5, 2025 | actionable observability, AIOps, anomaly detection, auto-remediation, cloud native, continuous verification, devops, ELK stack, golden paths, internal developer platforms, metrics logs traces, observability, OpenTelemetry, platform engineering, SLO-driven operations, SRE, telemetry automation

Cloud Native’s Two‑Headed Monster

Kubernetes brought order to containers. Observability brought clarity to complexity. Now, they’re co-leading the cloud-native movement—and redefining the CNCF ecosystem ...

Alan Shimel | August 15, 2025 | cloud native, cncf, DevOps monitoring, Grafana, KubeCon*CNCNA2025, kubernetes, observability, OpenTelemetry, platform engineering, Prometheus

microservices, opentelemetry, data, Grafana, OpenTelemetry Argo NeuVector Extends Red Hat OpenShift Availability

Leveraging OpenTelemetry for End-to-End Tracing in Microservices

OpenTelemetry provides a powerful and flexible approach to understanding, troubleshooting and optimizing applications in microservices architectures ...

Neel Shah | June 25, 2025 | microservices, OpenTelemetry