Episode 123: Mesh, Monitoring & Compliance

This week we explain everything you need to know about monitoring and compliance. Plus, we review this history of the monolith and how it led to microservices. Forget AWS vs. Azure, it’s WholeFoods vs. H-E-B that’s what will divide families! H-E-B buys Favor. Amazon extends 5% back Prime credit card benefits to Whole Foods purchases Hard-hustle & shameless self-promotion Brandon interviews JJ on this weeks Software Defined Interviews. Make sure to subscribe Email us at [email protected] for free stickers. This episode brought to you by: Datadog! This episode is sponsored by Datadog, a monitoring platform for cloud-scale infrastructure and applications. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog provides visibility into more than 200 technologies, including AWS, Chef, and Docker, with built-in metric dashboards and automated alerts. With end-to-end request tracing, Datadog provides visibility into your applications and their underlying infrastructure—all in one place. Sign up for a free trial. Datadog also offers Forecast Alerts, which makes it easy to get notified of potential problems before they cause outages. Read more at: https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/forecasts-datadog/ Compliance, Monitoring, Mesh & Design, Oh my! Chef Software bids to automate compliance with new InSpec 2.0 release Networking ruins everything! History of Service Mesh. The RED Method: A New Approach to Monitoring Microservices A print button? Mmkay. Let's explore WHY you need me to add that xMatters snares $40 million Series D led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing The Road To 400G Ethernet Is Paved With Bechtolsheim’s Intentions Conferences, et. al. May 15th to 18th, 2018 - Coté talking EA at Continuous Lifecycle London. DevOpsDays Jakarta - April 26-27 Matt will be there Derek Mazzone from KEXP ChefConf 2018 - May 22-25 in Chicago SxSW — Brandon in Austin giving out stickers SDT news & hype Check out Software Defined Interviews, our new podcast. Pretty self-descriptive, plus the #exegesis podcast we’ve been doing, all in one, for free. Keep up with the weekly newsletter. Join us in Slack. Buy some t-shirts! DISCOUNT CODE: SDTFSG (20% off) Send your name and address to [email protected] and we will send you a sticker. Recommendations Matt: Oceanic by Greg Egan Brandon: How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story related Snap stock plummets after Kylie Jenner declares Snapchat dead Cover Art Credit