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What challenges did Mr. Mosquera address in automating Datadog monitors, and how did his solution enhance monitoring efficiency?
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The client faced two major issues: inconsistent alert thresholds across teams and high manual effort in maintaining monitors. John tackled these by first conducting stakeholder workshops to define standardized thresholds for various services. He then designed Terraform modules to provision different types of monitors programmatically. Additionally, he integrated Python scripts to dynamically generate Terraform variables based on a shared Git configuration file. This allowed seamless updates without modifying Terraform code, ensuring scalability and efficiency. By automating Datadog monitor creation, Mr. Mosquera eliminated inconsistencies and manual overhead, leading to a scalable and efficient observability framework.