https://www.joshuamlee.com/talks/observability-is-broken-and-open-source-will-be-the-solution/ Recent content in Observability Is Broken and Open-Source (Will Be) the Solution on Josh Lee Creates Hugo en Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.joshuamlee.com/events/all-things-open-26/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.joshuamlee.com/events/all-things-open-26/ <h1 id="observability-is-broken-and-open-source-will-be-the-solution"> Observability is Broken and Open-Source (will be) the Solution <a class="heading-link" href="#observability-is-broken-and-open-source-will-be-the-solution"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h1> <p>The Observability industry is built on a fundamental promise: Send all of your telemetry data to your vendor of choice, and they will apply their magic sauce to turn that telemetry into &ldquo;insights.&rdquo;</p> <p>In the beginning this promise was predicated on fundamental truths inherent in all SaaS models of the era: the data being sent was not too large, and not too valuable. We were content to ship our data off to become part of our vendors&rsquo; statistical data models.</p>