https://chetandalal.net/tags/observability/Recent content in Observability on Chetan Dalal — Senior Software EngineerHugo -- gohugo.ioen-US© 2019–2026 Chetan DalalSat, 01 Aug 2026 00:42:05 -0400https://chetandalal.net/posts/deleting-alerts-improved-reliability/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://chetandalal.net/posts/deleting-alerts-improved-reliability/The instinct after an incident is to add an alert. The higher-value move is usually deleting three that have never led to action — and here’s how to make that argument without losing it.https://chetandalal.net/posts/data-problems-in-disguise/Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://chetandalal.net/posts/data-problems-in-disguise/The incident looks like an application bug for the first hour. Why data failures propagate silently, why they cost more than outages, and what treating data quality as an availability concern changes.https://chetandalal.net/posts/observability-cardinality-cost/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://chetandalal.net/posts/observability-cardinality-cost/Every label you add to a metric multiplies its cost. The failure mode is gradual, invisible, and ends in a budget review — here’s how to decide what not to measure.