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Netdata AI Troubleshooting is Now Generally Available with On-Demand Credits

Since launching our AI investigations and insights in a research preview, one thing has become clear: automated root cause analysis delivers a significant return on investment. Teams have confirmed that instant insights don’t just save a few minutes; they fundamentally shorten incident response cycles, free up valuable engineering hours, and reduce the business impact of downtime.

New in Redgate Monitor: Oracle Data Guard support

Redgate Monitor now supports Oracle Data Guard environments, giving DBAs instant visibility into replication health, lag and role transitions, so Standbys stay in sync and are ready to protect availability and data when needed. DBAs running Oracle Data Guard know that keeping replicas healthy requires constant vigilance. It often involves querying dynamic performance views, such as V$DATAGUARD_STATS, or running Data Guard Broker commands to check lag and role status.

Build and deploy a Pinecone question answering RAG application

Vector databases allow you to store, manage, and efficiently query high-dimensional vector data, which are numerical representations of data like text, images, or audio. Pinecone is a fully managed vector database optimized for fast, scalable similarity search—to power a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system. This allows you to enhance language model responses by grounding them in relevant context retrieved from your own documents.

#048 - Shaping the Future of Software Development with Idan Gazit (GitHub Next)

Meet Idan Gazit from GitHub Next, a team responsible for projects like GitHub Copilot. Gazit, despite jokingly claiming to be "the least knowledgeable about Kubernetes," shares his diverse career journey, spanning from early web development with Perl and Django to his time at Heroku and eventually GitHub. He discusses his team's role in prototyping future software development solutions, emphasizing the importance of identifying and nurturing risky, impactful ideas for developers, even if it means "killing projects" that don't gain traction.

Gemini AI Pricing: What You'll Really Pay In 2025

If your team is experimenting with Google’s latest Gemini models, you’ve probably noticed the pricing can get murky. And like any cloud service, usage-based billing means those features can quickly rack up your SaaS costs. Free tiers fade fast. Token usage gets fuzzy. And before long, your GenAI bill feels more like a guessing game than a budget line item.

The Essential Guide to Azure Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Management Tools

Master Azure infrastructure management with this comprehensive guide. Learn the four critical pillars—governance, cost control, security, and operations—and discover the essential native and third-party tools needed to scale your cloud strategy effectively.