{"product_id":"observe-everything-thompson-carter-9798196202797","title":"Observe Everything: Distributed Systems Monitoring, Distributed Tracing, and Alerting with OpenTelemetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eGain deep visibility into modern systems with metrics, traces, logs, and intelligent alerting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern systems are distributed, dynamic, and increasingly complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen services fail, latency spikes, or requests disappear across microservices, debugging without observability becomes nearly impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Observe Everything\" is a practical, engineering focused guide to building modern observability systems using OpenTelemetry and production monitoring practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book teaches you how to understand what your systems are doing in real time and respond before small problems become major outages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy observability matters in distributed systems\u003cp\u003eTraditional monitoring is no longer enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern systems require: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003evisibility across distributed services\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereal time performance insights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eend to end request tracing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eproactive alerting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efaster incident response and debugging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eObservability helps teams understand not just when systems fail, but why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat you will learn\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efundamentals of observability engineering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emetrics, logs, and distributed tracing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einstrumenting services with OpenTelemetry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etracing requests across microservices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edesigning monitoring dashboards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebuilding effective alerting systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereducing alert fatigue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emonitoring cloud native environments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edebugging performance bottlenecks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003escaling observability systems in production\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom blind systems to operational visibility\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, you will learn how to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einstrument applications and infrastructure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etrace requests across distributed architectures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emonitor system health and performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edetect issues before users notice them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edesign meaningful alerts and incident workflows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eimprove reliability and operational confidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter focuses on real operational engineering practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePractical applications\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emicroservices observability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKubernetes monitoring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecloud native application tracing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAPI performance monitoring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eproduction incident response systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese examples reflect real world operational environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho this book is for\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevOps engineers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esite reliability engineers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebackend developers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eplatform engineers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eteams operating distributed systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you want to build systems that are observable, debuggable, and operationally reliable, this book provides the roadmap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrace every request.\u003cbr\u003eMonitor every service.\u003cbr\u003eOperate with confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thompson Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798196202797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.96d","brand":"Thompson Carter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084191965439,"sku":"9798196202797","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/observe-everything-thompson-carter-9798196202797","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}