What We're Building Today

Mission: Create an intelligent detective system that automatically connects the dots between seemingly unrelated log events to pinpoint exactly what went wrong and when.

Key Components We'll Implement:

Causal relationship detector between log events
Timeline reconstruction engine for incident analysis
Root cause ranking system with confidence scores
Interactive investigation dashboard for exploring failure chains
Automated incident report generator

Expected Outcome: A production-ready system processing 10,000+ events per second with 85%+ accuracy in identifying root causes within 30 seconds.

The Real-World Problem

When Netflix experiences a streaming outage affecting millions of users, engineers don't manually sift through terabytes of logs. They use sophisticated root cause analysis systems that trace the failure backwards through interconnected services, identifying the single API change or database timeout that triggered the cascade.

[Component Architecture Diagram]

Your root cause analysis engine transforms chaotic log streams into clear causal narratives, automatically identifying:

Primary triggers: The initial events that started failure cascades
Propagation paths: How problems spread through system components
Contributing factors: Secondary issues that amplified the impact
Recovery points: Where interventions could have prevented escalation

Core Architecture Components

1. Event Timeline Reconstructor

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What We're Building Today

Mission: Create an intelligent detective system that automatically connects the dots between seemingly unrelated log events to pinpoint exactly what went wrong and when.

Key Components We'll Implement:

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Causal relationship detector between log events
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Timeline reconstruction engine for incident analysis
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Root cause ranking system with confidence scores
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Interactive investigation dashboard for exploring failure chains
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Automated incident report generator
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Expected Outcome: A production-ready system processing 10,000+ events per second with 85%+ accuracy in identifying root causes within 30 seconds.

The Real-World Problem

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[Component Architecture Diagram]

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Propagation paths: How problems spread through system components
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Core Architecture Components

1. Event Timeline Reconstructor

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