The world of DevOps and SRE is constantly changing, with new buzzwords and definitions emerging. However, the practical implications for practitioners remain the same. Monitoring complex distributed systems is hard and requires an engineering mindset. The basics of good monitoring, such as instrumenting metrics and fixing alert fatigue, are often overlooked. The author advocates for outsourcing the management of monitoring systems so engineers can focus on building the product. Despite the marketing hype, these problems are likely to persist in the future.
