07/07/2026
Meet Henrik, Principal Developer Advocate and Dynatracer behind "Is It Observable". Once, he almost said no to the job that shaped his whole career because he only recognized one word in the sentence.
His career path was anything but a straight line. 👇
It started with code. As a student, he and a few friends built what was basically the local Netflix of France — long before streaming was a thing. Then came the moment that redirected everything: someone asked if he wanted to try "load testing." The only word he recognized was "testing," so his first reaction was a flat no.
He did the research anyway. That curiosity turned into a skill, then a service offering, then performance projects for major insurance companies, retailers, and car manufacturers. In 2007, while leading a performance center of excellence, he came across Dynatrace, tried it, and got hooked — following every release and blog post from then on.
A decade after he first tried the product, Dynatrace offered him a DevRel role specializing in real user experience. 👨💻
On day one at Dynatrace, plans pivoted—and Kubernetes landed on his plate, a completely new world for him. He was thrilled. Learning new things and staying at the forefront of technology is simply in his nature.
Out of that came "Is It Observable," which grew into something bigger than brand awareness: a vendor-neutral, hands-on place where engineers — whatever tools they use — can learn how observability actually works under the hood.
Off the clock, he's an ultra-trail runner 🏃— 3x Marathon des Sables, 15+ marathons, 20+ ultra-trails across the Alps and southern France. And the lesson carries straight back to engineering: a big goal is just a long series of small, well-managed steps.
His advice to engineers is the throughline of the whole story:
"Don't be afraid of the word you don't recognize. Treat new technology like Lego blocks — pick it up, see how it clicks together, build something small, and share it." 🚀
➡️ If staying at the forefront of technology is in your nature too, our R&D team is hiring: https://dynatr.ac/44ylDyl
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