Tag: observability
ThreadTrak — Founder access
A Chrome extension for X/Twitter: map threads, queue replies, and keep conversations actionable.
Structured logging that actually helps: Serilog fields that matter in .NET incidents
When logs are noisy but useless: why incidents stay unsolved, which fields actually explain failures, and the minimal schema that makes .NET outages diagnosable.
OpenTelemetry for .NET: minimum viable tracing for production debugging
When incidents span multiple services and logs cannot explain latency: the smallest OpenTelemetry setup that makes production debugging possible without a full rewrite.
Trading bot keeps getting 429s after deploy: stop rate limit storms
When deploys trigger 429 storms: why synchronized restarts amplify rate limits, how to diagnose fixed window vs leaky bucket, and guardrails that stop repeat incidents.
Cannot trace requests across services: why correlation IDs die at boundaries in .NET
A production playbook for when logs exist but cannot be joined—correlation IDs die at HttpClient boundaries, jobs, and queues, making incidents unreproducible.
Background jobs stuck but look healthy: why workers hang forever with no alerts in .NET
When background jobs hang but workers look healthy and queue pileup grows: why jobs fail silently without timeouts or heartbeats, and the runbook that stops repeat incidents.
Agent keeps calling same tool: why autonomous agents loop forever in production
When agent loops burn tokens calling same tool repeatedly and cost spikes: why autonomous agents loop without stop rules, and the guardrails that prevent repeat execution and duplicate side effects.
Retries amplify failures: why exponential backoff without jitter creates storms
When retries make dependency failures worse and 429s multiply: why exponential backoff without jitter creates synchronized waves, and the bounded retry policy that stops amplification.
API key suddenly forbidden: why exchange APIs ban trading bots without warning
When API key flips from working to 403 forbidden after bot runs for hours: why exchange APIs ban trading bots for traffic bursts, retry storms, and auth failures, and the client behavior that prevents it.
Signature invalid but bot was working: why clock drift breaks auth suddenly
When bot gets signature invalid or 401 after working fine for hours: why clock drift breaks exchange auth suddenly, and the time calibration that prevents it.