API PlaybookObservability & Reliability
Section 6 · 4 topics

Observability & Reliability

Your API is lying to you — averages hide the real story

01
API Metrics That Matter
p50/p95/p99 — because averages are lies
Intermediate5 min read
02
Distributed Tracing
Following a request across 12 services
Intermediate5 min read
03
Health Checks & Readiness Probes
Your API says it's healthy — but is it really?
Beginner4 min read
04
Error Budgets & SLOs
100% uptime is the wrong target
Advanced6 min read