Debug logs are incredibly valuable for the wealth of information they contain, but generally speaking, companies avoid collecting them in production because they are very expensive in both dollars and performance. When we talk about production observability, we are likely spending more money for more data, data that itself might be excessive.

Kubernetes is both revolutionary and “diffusionary.” It is a complete restructuring demanding a whole new slew of companion and support tools to cover and prop up the entire ecosystem. There are literally hundreds of tools – both open-source and proprietary – designed specifically with k8s in mind.