The Datadog Agent is a piece of software that runs on your hosts (servers, VMs, containers, etc. ) and is essential for collecting and sending observability data—metrics
As a software engineer, understanding and utilizing effective monitoring tools is crucial for maintaining the health and performance of your applications
From an engineering perspective, the Collector solves a lot of common problemsVendor Lock-in By using the Collector, you can switch your backend (e.g., from one cloud provider's service to another) without changing the instrumentation in your application code