Logstash ● Unix pipe on steroids ● If it has a timestamp, send it to Logstash ● Slice it, Dice it, Munge it, Transform it ● Now spit it out ● This isn't a Logstash talk.
Build something ● Sockets the way you think sockets should work ● Usable from almost every language ● Flow independent ● Captures common patterns ● Freaking fast
Logstash Filters with ZeroMQ ● You need to do something unique? ● There's not a plugin yet? ● Specific to your company? ● Don't know Ruby? Write your own! (in whatever language you like)
Statsd ● Open sourced by Etsy last year ● Simple UDP proxy to Graphite ● Different “data types” ● Client and Server implementations in almost every language
Graphite ● Open sourced by Orbitz ● Makes pretty pictures of data ● Does dashboards ● Simple API ● Does realtime updates ● Alternate dashboards available and easy to create
Recap ● Always be adding tools to your toolbelt ● See a cool project? Bookmark it ● Evernote/Read it Later are your friends ● Always be hacking. Keep your skills fresh.