Observability as a Success Catalyst | Momento’s Co-Founder & CTO Daniela Miao
Observability as a Success Catalyst | Momento’s Co-Founder & CTO Daniela Miao  
Podcast: Dev Interrupted
Published On: Tue Oct 08 2024
Description: This week, co-host Conor Bronsdon sits down with Daniela Miao, co-founder and CTO of Momento, to discuss her journey from DynamoDB at AWS to founding the real-time data infrastructure platform Momento. Daniela covers the importance of observability, the decision to rebuild Momento's stack with Rust, and how observability can speed up development cycles. They also explore strategies for aligning technical projects with business objectives, building team trust, and the critical role of communication in achieving success. Tune in for valuable insights on leadership, technical decision-making, and startup growth.Topics:02:01 Why is observability often treated as an auxiliary service?06:14 Making a push for observability13:32 Picking the right metrics to observe and pay attention to15:49 Has the technical shift to Rust paid off?19:23 How did you create trust and buy in from your team to make a switch?26:31 What could other teams learn from Momento’s move to Rust?38:15 Advice would you give for other technical founders?Links:Daniela MiaoThe Momento BlogMomento: An enterprise-ready serverless platform for caching and pub/subUnpacking the 2023 DORA Report w/ Nathen Harvey of Google CloudGoogle SRERust Programming LanguageOFFERS Start Free Trial: Get started with LinearB's AI productivity platform for free. Book a Demo: Learn how you can ship faster, improve DevEx, and lead with confidence in the AI era. LEARN ABOUT LINEARB AI Code Reviews: Automate reviews to catch bugs, security risks, and performance issues before they hit production. AI & Productivity Insights: Go beyond DORA with AI-powered recommendations and dashboards to measure and improve performance. AI-Powered Workflow Automations: Use AI-generated PR descriptions, smart routing, and other automations to reduce developer toil. MCP Server: Interact with your engineering data using natural language to build custom reports and get answers on the fly.