2016-01-08#
Minimum Viable Platform[1]#
Steffen Hedebrandt
also talks about the idea of the Minimum Viable Platform. Hedebrandt defines this, in its most basic terms, as something that connects producers with consumers through value/interaction.
Here’s a little more on what Hedebrandt means when he talks about the idea of a business as a platform:
"Apple and Google have created these app stores where you can share whatever you build with people, rather than having this example of where you buy raw materials, create something, put it in a shop and hope that it sells."
Some other Examples:
- airbnb
- uber
- youTube
Log Everything#
In a recent meeting we were asked to participate in a new Logging POC. The discussion went something like:- I asked what was being logged?
- the response was everything
- I elaborated, is this for Auditing or Metrics?
- the response was everything
Auditing Monitoring Metrics Logging#
- Monitoring - Is it there? - Is it available?
Metrics#
What questions can Metrics answer?- How many users are on my Site?
- How slow is the PayPal API?
Generally, metrics some in various categories:
- Business Metrics - How many widgets we sold, were returned etc.
- Application Metrics -
- How many transactions were performed?
- Uptime Availability
- System Metrics - How much disk space is in use, what is the CPU load?
Measure->Collect & Sample->Store->Query & Graph
Metric Processes#
- Dashboards
- Complex Alert Processing (CEP)
- Anomaly Detection
- Alerting
Type of Metric Tools#
- Gauges - Measures a value
- Counters - Increment or Decrement integers
- Meters - Measure the rate at which a set of events occur
- Histograms - Measures the Distribution of values
- Timers - A timer is a histogram over a duration
More Information#
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following: ...nobody- [#1] - APIs and the Future of Work - based on information obtained 2016-01-08
