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What challenges did John Mosquera face when automating the creation of Datadog monitors, and how did he overcome them?
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The primary challenges were inconsistency in alert thresholds and excessive manual effort required to create and maintain monitors. John overcame these by developing an automated solution using Terraform and Python scripts. He collaborated with stakeholders to define standardized metrics, wrote reusable Terraform modules, and integrated Python scripts for dynamic variable generation, addressing both challenges effectively. John overcame challenges of inconsistency and manual effort by developing an automated solution with Terraform and Python scripts, supported by stakeholder collaboration.