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Episode 26: Three Clues That Tell Engineers What Your App Is Really Doing

Mia and Leo explain logs, metrics, and traces through a building's visitor log, dashboard gauges, and security cameras: what logs record, why metrics trigger alarms, how a trace follows one request across services, and why engineers need all three clues when an app breaks. Observability for beginners.

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