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Risks and rewards of generative AI for software development

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a form of AI that can create new, original content such as text, code, images, video, and even music. Generative AI-powered tools like GitHub’s Copilot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT have the potential to revolutionize the way you develop software, enabling you to be more efficient and creative. Used in the right way, generative AI can streamline workflows, accelerate development cycles, and unlock the potential for innovation.

Introducing Honeycomb for Kubernetes: Bridging the Divide Between Applications and Infrastructure

In our continuous journey to support teams grappling with the complexities of Kubernetes environments, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Honeycomb for Kubernetes, a dedicated solution designed to bridge the growing divide between infrastructure/platform teams and application developers. This is available to all plans (including Free!) at no additional cost.

What is the Purpose of Syslog Monitoring in Enterprise Software Companies?

Baseball fans know about the various in-game statistics and actions requiring someone to keep them as records. From a player's overall performance at-bat to a game's final score at the bottom of the ninth, dozens (possibly hundreds) of different statistics are happening throughout a season. In Major League Baseball, these records are essential for the team owner, front office workers and coaches to figure out strategies on the diamond or how to distribute fair pay.

Announcing support for Spark Connect in Spot Ocean for Apache Spark

The release of Apache Spark 3.4 introduced Spark Connect, and we are thrilled to announce that we now offer full support for Spark Connect on Spot Ocean for Apache Spark. This blog will provide an overview of what Spark Connect is and how to effectively utilize it with Spot Ocean for Apache Spark.

How WOW! Modernized Legacy Infrastructure Monitoring with InfluxDB and Kafka

With over 500,000 residential, business, and wholesale customers across multiple markets in the United States, WideOpenWest (WOW!) is one of the United States’ largest broadband providers. They aim to connect homes and businesses to the world with fast and reliable internet, TV, and phone services.

Most Popular Status Page Providers Used by Top SaaS Vendors

For SaaS companies and cloud vendors, a status page isn’t just a tool — it’s a testament to their commitment to users. But with numerous status page providers in the market, which ones are the top SaaS companies gravitating towards? It comes as no surprise that the most popular status page provider in 2023 is Statuspage.io offered by Atlassian. We expected it at StatusGator when we began our analysis. However, our curiosity didn’t stop there.

Set Responders Up for Success with New User Onboarding

Effective incident response plays a critical role in maintaining smooth operations at organizations of all sizes. When built up correctly, operational resilience–that ability to bounce back quickly after failure–can act as a shield that guards your customer experience, ensuring that even when incidents inevitably happen, you’re back online in no time.

Grafana Tempo 2.3 release: faster trace queries, TraceQL upgrades

Grafana Tempo 2.3 has been unleashed upon the world, bringing with it the latest iteration of the vParquet backend! Tempo 2.3 has a little bit of everything, but the headline item here is vParquet3 and new features that improve search speeds. Watch the video above for all the details, or continue reading to get a quick overview of the latest updates in Tempo. If you’re looking for something more in-depth, don’t hesitate to jump into the changelog or our Grafana Tempo 2.3 release notes.