Debugging is hard. Cloud debugging is harder. Debugging Kubernetes and Serverless applications sometimes feels nearly impossible when: These classic remote debugging challenges have made the world of cloud debugging seem impossible at times and has given rise to the practice of Observability. The rise of the Observability trend in recent years has directed engineers towards one direction to solving these problems: print logs, print traces, throw exceptions.

Today, I’m thrilled to announce that Lenses.io is joining Celonis, the leader in execution management. Together we will raise the bar in how businesses are run by driving them with real-time data, making the power of streaming open, operable and actionable for organizations across the world. When Lenses.io began, we could never have imagined we’d reach this moment.

Apache Kafka has grown from an obscure open-source project to a mass-adopted streaming technology, supporting all kinds of organizations and use cases. Many began their Apache Kafka journey to feed a data warehouse for analytics. Then moved to building event-driven applications, breaking down entire monoliths. Now, we move to the next chapter. Joining Celonis means we’re pleased to open up the possibility of real-time process mining and business execution with Kafka.