Metrics are crucial to maintaining efficiency, managing costs, and ensuring the health of cloud resources. Amazon CloudWatch can track over 100+ metrics by default across many AWS services such as EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, and more. In this guide, we’ll explain the different types of CloudWatch metrics and how to set them up. We’ll also help you understand how to manage and optimize expensive CloudWatch logs through a cost intelligence approach. But first…

In today’s fast-paced technology landscape, creating a robust developer platform is essential for streamlining software development processes and ensuring efficient collaboration across teams. In this talk, we will explore how you can build your own developer platform in just 90 minutes using a powerful combination of Backstage, ArgoCD, and Kubernetes (K8s).

Azure, Microsoft’s cloud platform, has become an essential part of modern businesses, offering a vast array of services and resources. However, effective cost management in Azure is crucial to avoid unexpected expenses and optimize spending. While Azure provides its native tools for cost management, several third-party solutions offer advanced features and capabilities to help you make the most of your Azure resources. This blog will explore the top 24 Azure cost management tools.

The speed at which you respond to incidents can make or break user satisfaction, team morale, and business continuity. Whether it’s a server crash, a security breach, or a software bug affecting users, rapid and efficient incident management is key to maintaining a strong reputation and minimizing operational downtime. And while traditional manual responses have worked in the past, automated incident response is now paving the way for faster, smarter, and more efficient handling of these issues.

When it comes to building interactive, scalable, and data-driven websites and applications, you may consider a combination of PHP with MySQL. Integrating PHP as a server-side language with MySQL as a relational database allows for dynamic content generation, user authentication, form handling, and easier data management. In the article, we’ll explore several methods to connect PHP with a MySQL database, including the mysqli and PDO (PHP Data Objects) extensions.

The importance of regular database backup and recovery can be neither underestimated nor ignored. And since your data is subject to modification, the primary task is to ensure its safety and mitigate the risks of data loss. That’s why we have database backups at hand—and in this article, we’ll guide you through main types and key concepts of backups as related to SQL Server databases.

In today's rapidly evolving technology landscape, Application Performance Monitoring (APM) has become a critical component for DevOps teams striving to maintain high-performing, reliable applications. This comprehensive guide explores everything modern DevOps teams need to know about implementing and optimizing their APM strategy.

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