Episode 305: Ask Noah Show 305

Noah and Steve dig into observability! What is it? Why is it important? How do you use observability to get a handle on your troubleshooting?

-- During The Show --

01:30 Theatre Remote - Glenn

• IR Blaster/Receiver with Tasmota + Knock off IR Remote
  • Warning Current Model may not be Tasmota compatible
• URC Remote and Base station + Scenes
• Inteset 4-in-1 Universal Backlit IR Learning Remote
• write in to the show

13:00 Caller Dustin in TX

• Bank is blaming new ISP for no online bill pay
• Talk to the ISP
• Take machine from home to church
• Try tethering to your phone
• Try a VPN
• Could be multiple issues

28:00 Linux News Wire

• Linus Prediction

  • The Register
  • Tech Radar

• BTRFS Kernel Improvements

  • Phoronix

• Habana Labs AI

  • Phoronix

• AMD DRM-Next

  • Phoronix

• Linux Foundation European Division

  • The Register

• Wolfi Undistribution

  • Help Net Security

• 700% Rise in Malicious Activity

  • Info Security Magazine

• Bipartisan Security Bill

  • HSGAC Senate Gov
  • HS Today

• BigCode

  • Tech Crunch

• Fundraiser for Kdenlive

  • 9 to 5 Linux

• Ventoy 1.0.80

  • 9 to 5 Linux

• 0 A.D. Alpha 26

  • Gaming on Linux

• Debian 12 Bookworm Installer

  • 9 to 5 Linux

• Ubuntu Security Updates

  • 9 to 5 Linux

30:00 Listener Responds to USB Port - Hank

• Try all the USB ports, including on the motherboard

32:00 Church Service Streaming - Jayson

• Scale Engine
  • Low Price
  • Live and On Demand
  • "push streaming"
• RTMP Streams
• Your own CDN
• Resi
  • Requires proprietary box
  • VERY expensive

38:00 Main Segment

• Observability

  • Figuring out what is going on in your system
  • Observability is not Monitoring/Metrics
  • 3 Parts - Collect, Monitor, Analyze
  • You can't look for what you don't know

• Tracing

  • Span - specific length of time in which something happens
  • Traces tell you where the problem is
  • Dynatrace, Sumo Logic

• Learn More

  • Cantrel Talk
  • McAllister Talk
  • Google SRE Book
  • Jaeger Tracing
  • Open Telemetry

• Example Trace Diagram

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