OpsRamp Blog The Schrödinger’s Cat Challenge of Observing Cloud-Native Applications

The Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment highlights the paradox of determining a system's state without direct observation—an apt analogy for the challenges of observing cloud-native applications. These systems' complex, ephemeral, and distributed nature often makes them appear as black boxes. Coupled with the operational complexities of multi-cloud and hybrid environments, gaining a clear picture feels impossible. Traditional monitoring tools, built for static infrastructures, either lacked depth or added heavy resource impacts, leaving IT teams with incomplete and noisy data.