https://blog-dev.simpleenough.net/tags/prometheus/Recent content in Prometheus on Simple Enough BlogHugoenMon, 08 Dec 2025 11:18:06 +0200https://blog-dev.simpleenough.net/blog/dependencyhealth/Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:18:06 +0200https://blog-dev.simpleenough.net/blog/dependencyhealth/<h2 id="i-rethinking-how-we-evaluate-the-health-of-distributed-systems" class="heading">I. Rethinking How We Evaluate the Health of Distributed Systems<a href="#i-rethinking-how-we-evaluate-the-health-of-distributed-systems" aria-labelledby="i-rethinking-how-we-evaluate-the-health-of-distributed-systems"> <!-- <i class="fas fa-link anchor"></i> --> <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-link anchor" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 640 512"><use href="#fas-link"></use></svg>&nbsp; </a> </h2> <p>In modern distributed architectures, a system’s health depends as much — if not more — on the state of its <strong>dependencies</strong> as on its own internal state. Yet most monitoring strategies still rely on synthetic or dedicated healthchecks: <code>/health</code> endpoints, liveness/readiness probes, external scripts, and similar mechanisms.</p>