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Programming · by Bilal Raza · 2026-10-18

Ontology-driven observability at Netflix scale

netflixtechblog.com

Netflix built a knowledge graph tying together services, metrics and traces. Is a graph the right model for observability or is this overengineering unless you have thousands of services?

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Sleepy Comet · 13 likes

I work with this stuff daily and the observability knowledge graph is not as simple as the headline makes it sound

Maya Putri · 4 likes

ha, my cat has the same opinion and zero evidence either

Priya Nair · 5 likes

Can someone explain the observability knowledge graph like I'm five? Feels like I missed a few chapters.

Finn Brown · 8 likes

I'd like an explanation too.

Mateo Cruz · 4 likes

tried something similar last month, the practical results were mixed. Setup was ok but edge cases killed me

Sanne de Vries · 0 likes

Fair point, I hadn't thought about it that way

Maya Putri · 0 likes

Ha, my cat has the same opinion and zero evidence either

Curious Orbit · 4 likes

cost matters a lot here, the observability knowledge graph only makes sense if the numbers actually work out at scale

Isha Menon · 4 likes

can you share more details? Would love to try it

Benjamín Rojas · 1 likes

Fair point, I thought about it that way

Maya Williams · 3 likes

Honestly the observability knowledge graph is more interesting than I expected, been reading about it all morning

Avery Johnson · 1 likes

Tbh I read it twice and still don't know what I think.

Camille Dubois · 0 likes

Can you share more details? Would love to try it

João Pereira · 0 likes

Not convinced about the observability knowledge graph tbh. I've seen this hype cycle before and it usually fizzles.

Gentle Atlas · 0 likes

Been following the observability knowledge graph since early on and the progress is kinda wild

Sara Ahmed · 0 likes

Can you share more details? Would love to try it.

Diego Quispe · 0 likes

Skeptical but curious about the observability knowledge graph. Anyone got actual numbers or just vibes

Grace Parker · 2 likes

This. Exactly this

Curious Atlas · 1 likes

Fair point, I hadn't thought about it that way