At OLX, reliability is at the heart of everything we do. Even the smallest downtime can impact user trust and business outcomes. While our external services were well monitored, we soon realised our internal services lacked the same visibility—leaving critical blind spots in our observability journey.
At OLX India, our services generate huge volumes of logs that are essential for developers, particularly when debugging or addressing incidents. Historically, we’ve utilized a mix of both open-source and licensed tools, including ELK, NewRelic, and CloudWatch, to manage and analyze these logs. However, over time, we encountered several challenges with these tools that hindered…
In today’s fast-paced digital world, where instant gratification is key, OLX faces the challenge of ensuring sellers can quickly post ads for buyers to make fast purchases. While striving for speed and efficiency, OLX India has faced technical complexities in scaling backend systems. This article will explore how OLX India overcomes these challenges and scales…