Observability vs. monitoring: What’s the difference?

Imagine a video streaming service decides to live stream a midnight concert featuring a popular music artist, but when users log on at midnight to watch it, they experience buffering issues. Some of the artist’s dedicated fans might stick around to see if the issue improves. However, casual fans might abandon the stream; and worse yet, frustrated superfans might abandon the stream and the streaming service.

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Observability vs. monitoring: What’s the difference?

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