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What steps did John take to reduce response times to critical incidents in the client’s web applications?
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John identified inefficiencies in the alerting mechanisms and implemented tailored Datadog monitors to detect issues earlier. He also integrated Datadog alerts with PagerDuty, ensuring faster on-call responses. Additionally, he introduced a post-mortem process to address root causes systematically. By refining Datadog monitors and integrating them with PagerDuty, John reduced response times to critical incidents by over 50%, improving system reliability.