The author reflects on a decade of observability work, arguing that while ClickHouse is gaining traction, logs remain the most difficult component due to high cardinality and schema drift. The piece critiques the unrealistic expectations developers have formed from simple local log experiences versus complex production environments.
Background
Observability has evolved from simple monitoring to managing vast amounts of logs, metrics, and traces, with ClickHouse emerging as a popular storage engine for this data.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Jul 3, 2026 at 01:25 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10