Legacy becomes legacy only when the memory of how the system works is gone. This is where observability kicks in. 

Today we talk with Hunter Madison. Hunter is the cloud architect for Instana, an observability platform for IBM. He has a decade of software development experience covering everything from e-commerce to database development. He tells us about the significance of observability for maintenance work, when using observability is most helpful, and how to adapt observability tools to match the needs of the system. 

When you finish listening to the episode, you can reach out to Hunter at hunter.madison@ibm.com. 

Mentioned in this episode:

Hunterr’s email at hunter.madison@imb.com 

Instana at https://www.ibm.com/cloud/instana

The world as we know it wouldn't exist without open-source software. We have learned to rely and depend on these free products that magically get maintained and updated by communities of volunteers. In our over commercialized world, the very plausibility of projects like Linux, Android, and Apache might seem incomprehensible to some. And yet, they make the world go round. 

Today we talk with Naomi Ceder. She helps us understand the longevity and impact of successful open-source projects. Naomi served as the Chair of the Python Software Foundation Board of Directors, and is the recipient of its Distinguished Service Award. Naomi is also a co-founder of the Trans*Code Hack Day - a coding event focused on the trans and non-binary community and its allies. 

When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Naomi on Twitter and visit her website at https://www.naomiceder.tech.