Introducing: The Arcane Engineer

I-shaped. T-shaped. Π-shaped. Tree-shaped. Cute on paper. Useless when your stack is on fire. Observability doesn’t need specialists or generalists. It needs engineers who can tie systems together, learn fast, and make sense of chaos. At NoBS, we call them Arcane Engineers—and yes, Yog-Sothoth is involved. This blog explains why.

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Tag Smarter, Not Harder: How to Fix Your Datadog Tagging Mess

TL;DR: If your Datadog tags are messy, your observability is messy. Stop overcomplicating it—use layers, keep it practical, and only tag what matters.