Trace Driven Development: Unifying Testing and Observability - Ted Young, LightStep
Overview
Ted Young of LightStep proposes trace testing, using distributed tracing data to unify testing and observability. The KubeCon-era talk argues for testing against trace data rather than treating tests and monitoring separately.
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Video by CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation], played through YouTube.
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