Synthetic Monitoring with David Dick (Episode 97)
May 06, 2025•33 min•Season 2Ep. 97
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Episode description
This week I'm joined by David Dick from 2 Steps to (finally!) discuss synthetic monitoring. We cover...
🤖 What is synthetic monitoring?
🦾 What are the benefits and drawbacks to using it?
☢️ Non-web based synthetics (the tough stuff)
🍹 Combining RUM and synthetics
🫢 Does synthetics need an OTEL-like framework?
...and much more.
You can find David on:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-dick/
You can find more about 2 Steps at https://2steps.io/#
You can find Stephen on:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slightreliability.bsky.social
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slight_reliability/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kiwi_sre
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