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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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data observability

/ˈdeɪ.tə əbˌzɜːr.vəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The ability to watch the data break in real time, in high resolution, on a screen no one is assigned to.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The practice of monitoring data systems for freshness, volume, schema, and distribution so that incidents are detected before consumers are affected.

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See also
  • alert fatigueA channel so loud it has achieved the silence it was built to prevent.
  • anomaly detectionA system that reliably notices the unusual and forwards it to an inbox that treats everything as usual.
  • data downtimeThe hours the data was wrong, billed entirely to whoever used it, not whoever produced it.