In a recent DevOps.com article, Alan Shimel interviews Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData, which boasts over 200,000 users of its open-source database, InfluxDB. The conversation focuses on systems instrumentation and its significance for developers and teams, as well as the evolution from instrumentation to observability and automation. Kaplan shares his journey, including meeting the founder of InfluxData, Paul Dix, and the company's rapid growth. He emphasizes the importance of understanding what big data and velocity mean for developers and how instrumentation can help bridge the gap between development and operations teams.