First I wrote the wrong book, then I wrote the right book

> And my favorite: “Is observability still relevant in a post-AI era? Can’t agents do that stuff now?” > > Even some generally excellent CTOs1 have been heard saying things like, “yeah, observability is definitely very important, but all our top priorities are related to AI right now.” > > Which gets causality exactly backwards. Because your ability to get any returns on your investments into AI will be limited by how swiftly you can validate your changes and learn from them. Another word for this is “OBSERVABILITY”. > > Enough ranting. Want a peek? I’ll share the new table of contents, and a sentence or two about a couple of my own favorite chapters.