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Software operators are steadily revolutionising how we deploy and run complex distributed systems. They offer the promise of low-intervention, self-driving software – ideally leading to service reliability gains and better uptime. For an introduction to Kubernetes operators, check out our introductory webinar or download our guide to Kubernetes operators.

I joined GoCardless as a junior engineer. It was one of my first coding jobs, and in my time there I progressed to senior much faster than I had expected. When I reflect on how this happened, one pattern stands out to me; the big step changes in my understanding, and my ability to solve larger and more complex engineering problems, came as a result of incidents.

In this blog, we examine how anomaly detection helps by setting up healthy alerts and providing efficient root cause analysis. Anomaly detection, part of AIOps, guides your attention to the places and times where remarkable things occurred. It reduces information overload, thereby speeding up RCA investigation.