May thy bits chip and shatter: Patterns for Building High-Performance Observability Pipelines at Scale

Motivation As seen from the title, I’m a huge Dune fan. Much like sandworms lurking beneath the surface, ready to appear unexpectedly, the scale and complexity of observability data can be just as massive, unpredictable, and a little terrifying. “But I do see a way. There is a narrow way through.” &ndash; Paul Muad&rsquo;Dib Atreides, Dune Part Two Sci-fi analogies aside, designing high-throughput…