Self-paced + labs · 5 weeks · self-paced
Observability for Small Teams
Metrics, logs, and humane alerting without a vendor bill explosion.
BRL 870 · informational only
Responsible mentor
Juliana Prado
Lab reviewer obsessed with alert text that reads kindly at 3am.
Program narrative
Wire node_exporter basics, structure journal queries, and draft alert text that does not wake people unnecessarily. Labs include capped cardinality discussions.
Included drills
- Cardinality allocation worksheet
- Journal query speed runs
- Alert template workshop
- On-call empathy writing drills
- Mentor-reviewed dashboard drafts
- Noise filtering exercises
- Handoff notes for daytime crews
Outcomes we expect you to evidence
- Draft three alerts with clear owner and rollback
- Explain a metric spike without blaming humans
- Trim a dashboard to five meaningful tiles
FAQ for this track
You run lightweight stacks locally in lab; hosted SaaS contracts are yours to arrange.
Experience notes
“Observability for Small Teams cut our pager fluff after I reused their alert copy skeletons.”
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