VMblog Q&A with Liran Haimovitch of Rookout. Announcing Snapshots as the 4th Pillar of Observability

In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we are joined by Liran Haimovitch, CTO & Co-Founder of Rookout, a cloud-native debugging and live data collection platform, which allows software engineers to instantly access the code-level data they need in order to troubleshoot and understand complex, modern applications.

Watch this video interview as we dive into traditional Observability data, thinking about metrics, logs and traces; but how Rookout says there should be a 4th pillar of Observability - Snapshots.

Rookout launched Smart Snapshots as part of the shift-left observability movement. During this video interview, Liran explains what they mean by Snapshots, and talks about why they are needed. For example, Snapshots provide a detailed, context-rich picture for developers when something unexpected happens and deep code-level data is required in order to return the application to a healthy state.

Capturing Snapshots after major incidents or highly unexpected events saves developers countless hours of debugging. And Smart Snapshots provide a streamlined way to capture code-level insights for business-critical applications without any manual effort from the developer. These are invaluable when running tests and teams need a quick way to understand why a specific test failed.

If Snapshots capture all of the data needed when something unexpected happens, do logs become unnecessary? Or will Snapshots and logs coexist as equal partners in Observability? Liran explains.

Rookout is also participating in KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2023. Ahead of that show, Liran explores how Rookout can help Kubernetes users.

Learn more about Rookout: https://www.rookout.com

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Jump straight in: ↪️
0:00 - Intro with Liran Haimovitch, CTO & Co-Founder of Rookout
0:31 - Overview of Rookout
01:42 - Introducing a 4th Pillar of Observability - Snapshots
05:40 - Traditional Observability tools don't always meet the needs of developers.
11:56 - Are Logs replaced by Snapshots? Or will they be equal partners in Observability?
15:38 - KubeCon and how Rookout is helping Kubernetes users
19:15 - Wrap up