Managing microservice architectures requires navigating highly complex systems. This complexity informs how we approach making these systems observable.

We’ll review a standardized platform-focused approach to building effective observable architectures, including how it addresses the new organizational challenges specific to microservices. The platform-focused approach encompasses three parts: the patterns we use, the needed organizational support, and the stack we use.

Lesley Cordero is currently a Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead at The New York Times. She has spent the majority of her career on edtech teams as an engineer, including Google for Education and