8 Growing cloud-based startup
This chapter covers
- Startup telemetry architecture at many stages of growth.
- Forces that drive change at different growth stages.
- How telemetry architecture changes with rapid growth.
This chapter is about how telemetry system design changes over the lifecycle of a cloud-based technology startup. This is a company building everything from scratch, a true greenfield to develop their big idea. For teaching purposes, this is a company stuck in a moment. They became a small company now, their growth to enterprise is all now. In truth, by the time a technology company moves from three people with a big idea to one who built their own headquarters building, they are accommodating a decade or more of technology decisions every time they make a new decision.
Note
All of the part 2 chapters are written to tell telemetry stories using the techniques from part 1, intending to provide more concrete examples of integrated telemetry systems. If you feel you need more real-world examples to understand how these systems work, these are your chapters. If you feel you already have a good grasp of the concepts, skipping these chapters is just fine.
A cloud-based technology startup has several distinguishing features: