API observability fundamentals

Welcome to Tyk's API observability fundamentals programme! This is your pathway to mastering the essentials of API observability. This on-demand, self-guided programme is exclusively designed for participants like you who are committed to enhancing their skills and understanding the intricacies of API observability.

This page has everything you need to receive your certification - relevant materials, supporting resources, and a final quiz link.

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Welcome to Tyk's API observability fundamentals programme!

This is your pathway to mastering the essentials of API observability. This on-demand, self-guided programme is exclusively designed for participants like you who are committed to enhancing their skills and understanding the intricacies of API observability.

This page has everything you need to receive your certification - relevant materials, supporting resources, and a final quiz link.

Programme curriculum

At the heart of LEAP lies a bold mission: to shake up the API landscape like never before. How? By shining a spotlight on observability which can help platform teams create more efficient API platforms, assist developers in troubleshooting and improving APIs, and enable product managers to extract more value from API products.

This programme covers not one, but two dynamic tracks to cater to your specific needs – decision-makers and implementers – with expert insights and hands-on learning from some of the brightest and smartest observability brains in the industry:

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Mort Ricky

Chief Education Officer

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Alex Portino

VP of Learning

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John Filingo

Director of Academics

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How we work

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Opening keynote

The opening keynote of the API observability fundamentals programme, with Budha Bhattacharya and Sonja Chevre.

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Budha Bhattacharya
Developer Advocate
Tyk

 

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Sonja Chevre
Group Product Manager
Tyk

Coming soon!

 

Panel discussion: Taking a deeper look at observability

A Panel discussion that takes a deeper look at observability featuring a Navish Bahl, Abby Bangser, Andreas Grabner, and Ruchir Jha

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Abby Bangser
Principal Engineer
Syntasso

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Andreas Grabner
DevOps Activist/CNCF Ambassador
Dynatrace


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Navish Bahl
Principal Solutions Engineer
Grafana Labs


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Ruchir Jha
CEO
Cardinal


Coming soon!

 

That's (not) all folks

Budha and Sonja wrap-up the API observability fundamentals programme.

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Budha Bhattacharya
Developer Advocate
Tyk

 

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Sonja Chevre
Group Product Manager
Tyk

Coming soon!

 

Introducing OpenTelemetry in your organisation in 3 steps

Are you sold on OpenTelemetry (OTel) for Observability? Are you an executive or manager, eager to implement OTel in your organization? You need an overall strategy for rolling out OTel, maximize success and to avoid fragmented efforts. But how do you get started? In this talk, Adriana shares 3 steps and accompanying practices for a successful Observability with OTel rollout in your organization.

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Adriana Villela
Snr. staff Developer Advocate
ServiceNow

 

Coming soon!

 

Improving your telemetry data for better observability

When it comes to building a mature Observability system, the quality of data is crucial. Rather than aimlessly collecting huge amounts of data, our emphasis should be on refining what we collect and process. This approach ensures that the data we gather is meaningful, reliable, and actionable, ultimately leading to more effective monitoring and analysis. Let's prioritise quality over quantity to drive better insights and outcomes in our Observability efforts.

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Iris Dyrmishi
Senior Observability Engineer
Miro

 

Coming soon!

 

Panel discussion: Designing observable API platforms

Panel discussion that look at how to design observable API platforms, with Colin Griffin, Lorna Mitchell, and Amod Gupta.

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Colin Griffin
CEO & Cheif Engineer
Krumware


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Lorna Mitchell
VP of Developer Experience
Redocly


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Amod Gupta
Senior Director
Traceable

 

Coming soon!

 

Panel discussion: Unlocking the APIOps cycle through O11y

Panel discussion that explores unlocking the APIOps cycle through observability, with Marjukka Niininoja, Coen Meerbeek, and Tom Rowson.

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Coen Meerbeek
Product Owner/Observability Expert
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

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Marjukka Niinioja
Founding Partner
Osaango


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Tom Rowson
Head of UX
Tyk

 

Coming soon!

 

Everything that could go wrong with GraphQL and how OTel can help

Tyk's Agata Witkowska takes a look at everything that could go wrong with GraphQL, and how OTel can help.

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Agata Witkowska
Senior Product Manager
Tyk

Coming soon!

 

DORA metrics and beyond: Improving developer productivity and reducing burnout with API observability

Ari-Pekka Koponen talks DORA metrics, and how they can not only improve developer productivity, but can help reduce burnout.

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Ari-Pekka Koponen
Head of Platform
Swarmia

Coming soon!

 

How to leverage API observability to meet product objectives

There is no shortage of API metrics you could track, but how do you align to business outcomes? This talk is an intro to API observability for product and engineering leaders. How is observability different than traditional monitoring? Then, we’ll walk through how to align metrics to three product goals: adoption, engagement, and retention, and the best practices to ensure the right data is tracked.

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Derric Gilling
CEO
Moesif

Coming soon!

 

200 is not always OK

Rob Dickinson explain why 200 is not always ok.

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Rob Dickinson
VP of Engineering
Graylog

Coming soon!

 

Adopting observability practices - Making the case for technical teams

Developers and engineers, often not in decision-making roles, regularly face challenges in troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving issues in environments that lack observability practices. We feel the direct impact of inadequate observability on system reliability and performance. In this session, we will explore the critical role of observability in modern software development and delve into strategies for effectively advocating its adoption within our teams. Drawing from personal experiences, I will share insights on how attendees can make a compelling case for the necessity of observability and champion the adoption of observability practices within their teams.

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Software Engineer
Microsoft

 

Coming soon!

 

Getting started with OpenTelemetry: OTel Demo to the rescue

With the growing complexity of modern software systems, having good observability is essential for developers to diagnose and fix issues, improve performance, and enhance the overall user experience.

OpenTelemetry is a powerful and flexible open-source observability framework that enables developers to capture, generate, collect, and export telemetry data such as traces, metrics, and logs from their applications.

However, getting started with OpenTelemetry can be daunting for developers who are new to the framework. In this talk, Juliano will share tips and best practices for overcoming the initial challenges of implementing OpenTelemetry, using the OpenTelemetry Demo as a guide. The demo provides a comprehensive overview of how to use OpenTelemetry with almost all supported programming languages.

Learn how to generate traces, metrics and logs using both auto and manual instrumentation, how and why to use the Collector, and how to send the collected data to open-source tools.

LEAP-headshot-juliano-costaJuliano Costa
Developer Advocate
Datadog

 

Coming soon!

 

OpenTelemetry Resources:
What are they, why you need them, and why they are awesome

Telemetry without context is just data. In this talk, we look at the importance of contextual metadata for telemetry, how OpenTelemetry resources solve that problem, and what tooling is available to configure resource metadata in OpenTelemetry.

LEAP-headshot-Michele-MancioppiMichele Mancioppi
Head of Product
Dash0

 

Coming soon!

 

Breaking the chain of blame: True end-to-end testing with distributed tracing

In this presentation, we will start with a traditional Playwright test against a distributed service running under the Tyk gateway. Tests will still return as passing even though downstream services are breaking. We’ll explain how to incorporate modern observability techniques to include distributed traces and trace-based testing in your Playwright tests.

And how you can break the chain of blame, properly identifying what part of the system broke and assigning the issue to the proper team.

We will present how to use distributed traces to visualise a defined code path and have it be part of a Playwright end-to-end test.

This talk will be helpful for developers working with Cloud Native distributed systems helping them test all possibilities and deploy code safely and reliably.

A repo will be provided after the presentation that you can clone. It will allow you to spin up and play with the NodeJS-based demo app running behind the Tyk gateway with Tracetest-enabled Playwright tests.

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Founder
Tracetest

 

LEAP-headshot-Oscar-ReyesOscar Reyes
Lead Software Engineer
Tracetest

Coming soon!

 

Demo: Troubleshooting API issues within minutes using API observability

Join us for an immersive session where we address the specific challenges of API management and troubleshooting. No slides, just raw storytelling and practical demonstrations. I'll guide you through the process of utilising different APIs, encountering intentional failures like rate limiting, quotas, and even server shutdowns along the way. As we explore deeply into the domain of observability, leveraging its insights to troubleshoot and resolve potential issues in real-time. Join me for an engaging session that promises a hands-on approach to mastering API Observability.

LEAP-headshot-carlos-villanuaCarlos Villanúa
Solutions Architect
Tyk

 

Coming soon!

 

How often should you ping?
Configuring heartbeat and synthetics checks for your API

Defining the right configuration for pinging your API service, with the right level of testing and frequency, is a tricky balancing act. We'll look at how to balance cost and signal clarity with a need for site reliability.

  • What is a heartbeat check?
  • Defining your SLA
  • Calculating your config
  • More details on the configuration
  • Tool options

LEAP-headshot-Nočnica-Mellifera-2Nočnica Mellifera
Senior Developer Advocate
Checkly

 

Coming soon!

 

The efficient way of autoscaling your workload in Kubernetes using observability

Henrik Rexed dives into how to efficiently autoscale your workload in K8s using observability using real work examples.

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Senior Staff Engineer
Dynatrace

 

Coming soon!

 

Leveraging the RED method for streamlined root cause analysis with OpenTelemetry, Tempo, Pyroscope and Grafana

Join us as we explore how teams can streamline troubleshooting and root cause analysis using OpenTelemetry, Pyroscope, Grafana and Tempo. We'll delve into best practices for utilizing RED metrics, demonstrating how it guides effective monitoring and prioritization of performance issues. Starting with a refresher on Opentelemetry, we’ll progress through hands-on examples showcasing the power of TraceQL for querying distributed traces in Tempo, enabling precise analysis, and dive deep into code-level performance insights with Pyroscope. Don't miss this opportunity to optimize your troubleshooting workflows and drive continuous improvement in system performance and collaboration.

 

LEAP-headshot-Mayra-OyolaMayra Oyola
Solutions Engineer
Grafana Labs

 

Coming soon!

 
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Get certified now!

You've completed all the sessions, it's time for the next step: complete the assessment to get certified! 

Download the Bad API Observability pocket guide

Written by API observability fundamentals host Sonja Chevre, Tyk's pocket guide shows you how to dodge the pitfalls and avoid the slippery slopes of bad API observability.

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Check-in with the Tyk community

While you’re here, why not connect, share, and learn from like-minded professionals in the Tyk community. Join the discussion, ask questions, and foster valuable connections! 

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