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Aniket Rao
http://1x.engineer @last9io 💻 Programmer | 🌌 Astrophile | 🎮 FIFA Player |🏌️♂️Amateur Golfer
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![Think Data Warehouse, NOT Database.](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2024/07/Data-Retention-and-Management-2.jpg)
Think Data Warehouse, NOT Database.
The software monitoring world is broken because of a TSDB. We deserve a TSDW
Aniket Rao
![The most important aspect of software monitoring](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2024/07/Story-around-instrumentation.jpg)
The most important aspect of software monitoring
Ths single most important thing to get better at your software monitoring journey
Aniket Rao
![What needs to change in software monitoring?](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2024/06/What-needs-to-change-in-Software-monitoring.jpg)
What needs to change in software monitoring?
A wishlist of things that need to change in the world of software monitoring
Aniket Rao
![Everything in software monitoring is dead, apparently](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2024/03/Everything-is-dead--apparently.jpg)
Everything in software monitoring is dead, apparently
Chasing shiny new toys, as always ;)
Aniket Rao
![Controlling Kubernetes Costs with OpenCost and Levitate](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2024/02/opencost-with-levitate--1-.png)
Controlling Kubernetes Costs with OpenCost and Levitate
Setting up OpenCost with Levitate to monitor the cost of Kubernetes clusters
Aniket Rao
![Why your monitoring costs are high](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2024/01/Why-your-monitoring-costs-are-high.jpg)
Why your monitoring costs are high
If you want to bring down your monitoring costs, you need to shake up a decision paralysis in engineering
Aniket Rao
![Monitor Cloudflare Workers using Prometheus Exporter](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2023/12/prathamesh_s_clouds_on_a_sunny_new_york_morning_and_a_young_kid_c45ec021-ea9f-4da1-b488-30542253f337--1-.png)
Monitor Cloudflare Workers using Prometheus Exporter
Complete guide to monitor Cloudflare workers using Prometheus Exporter
Aniket Rao
![Building Logs to Metrics pipelines with Vector](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2023/11/vector_logs_to_metrics--1---1-.png)
Building Logs to Metrics pipelines with Vector
How to build a pipeline to convert logs to metrics and ship them to long term storage like Levitate
Aniket Rao
![Monitor Google Cloud Functions using Pushgateway and Levitate](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2023/11/gcp-cloud-functions-to-levitate.jpg)
Monitor Google Cloud Functions using Pushgateway and Levitate
How to monitor serverless async jobs from Google Cloud Functions with Prometheus Pushgateway and Levitate using the push model
Aniket Rao
![A case for Observability outside engineering teams](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2023/11/prathamesh_s_An_illustration_image_of_two_halves-1--1---1-.png)
A case for Observability outside engineering teams
Observability is being built by engineers for engineers. In reality, o11y is for all.
Aniket Rao
![1979, a nuclear accident and SRE](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2023/11/Normal-accident-theory_SRE--1-.png)
1979, a nuclear accident and SRE
Deep diving into the 'Normal accident' theory by Charles Perrow, and what it means for SREs
Aniket Rao
![What Site Reliability Engineering needs — A swarm of rogue bees](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2023/07/Site-Reliability-Engineering-needs-a-swarm-of-rogue-bees-1.png)
What Site Reliability Engineering needs — A swarm of rogue bees
If all companies are software companies, all companies need better Observability to understand how performative their software is
Aniket Rao
![SRECon APAC 2023 Recap](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2023/06/sgp-meetup.jpg)
SRECon APAC 2023 Recap
Recap of SRECon APAC 2023 in Singapore
Aniket Rao
![Observability is a practice, not a job](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2023/05/o11y-practice-vs-job.jpg)
Observability is a practice, not a job
Engineering organizations that ship fast have Observability as part of their core DNA.
Aniket Rao
![Understanding “Cricket Scale”](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2023/07/Understanding--Cricket-Scale-.png)
Understanding “Cricket Scale”
How does a DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer plan for "Cricket scale"? How do you warm systems' about to witness 30+ million concurrent users?
Aniket Rao
![Observability is dead, long live observability](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2023/01/Observability-is-dead--long-live-observability-copy.jpg)
Observability is dead, long live observability
No tool can magically offer you 99.999s. Observability is largely about the basics. And basics are boring. But, boring is hard. Boring is battle tested.
Aniket Rao
![How we won Dukaan over](https://last9.ghost.io/content/images/2022/09/Dukaan.jpg)
How we won Dukaan over
5 meetings. 1 month. From introductions, to a demo, and ultimately winning Dukaan over. Subhash and his team’s velocity on decision-making, moving fast, and radical candor, is a breath of fresh air in the Indian startup ecosystem.
Aniket Rao