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What is distributed tracing and why does it matter?

Dynatrace

Traditional software monitoring platforms collect observability data in three main formats: Logs: Timestamped records of an event or events. Metrics: Numeric representation of data measured over a set period. Monitor key performance metrics that can be with interactive visual dashboards. How does distributed tracing work?

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What is distributed tracing and why does it matter?

Dynatrace

Traditional software monitoring platforms collect observability data in three main formats: Logs: Timestamped records of an event or events. Metrics: Numeric representation of data measured over a set period. Monitor key performance metrics that can be with interactive visual dashboards. How does distributed tracing work?

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Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study)

Smashing Magazine

It was founded in 2006 and has since grown to have over 210 million users in 190 countries, and hosts over five million domains. Better tooling and metrics standardization. But which metrics should be measured in order to determine website performance? The three metrics are: LCP : Largest Contentful Paint (measures visibility).

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