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Generating Calculated Fields From Natural Language

If you’ve been using Honeycomb for a bit, you know that Calculated Fields (otherwise known as derived columns) are a powerful way to transform your events to a format that’s easier to query and understand. However, they use a lisp-esque language that can be difficult to read and a pain to write. If you dislike making Calculated Fields and want something a little easier, here’s a generative AI prompt that can generate them from natural language.

Grafana Drilldown: first-class OpenTelemetry support now available for metrics

When we launched Grafana Drilldown, our queryless experience for quicker, easier insights into your telemetry, we focused first on Prometheus because it was—and is—such a great solution for storing time series data. But as the industry continued to evolve, a different open source project began to emerge as another standard for modern observability: OpenTelemetry.

13 Cloud Migration Best Practices: 2025 guide

Cloud migration involves transferring digital assets, services, databases, applications, and IT resources from on-premises infrastructure to cloud environments. A well-executed cloud migration can reduce operational costs, improve scalability, enhance flexibility, and boost performance. Organizations can shift from capital-intensive infrastructure to more predictable pay-as-you-go expenses while scaling resources to match needs.

Top 10 performance issues in PostgreSQL and how to fix them

PostgreSQL is a powerful and widely used relational database, but like any system, it can suffer from performance bottlenecks. Without proper management, slow queries, inefficient indexing, and resource contention can lead to sluggish performance. In this blog, we will explore the top 10 PostgreSQL performance issues and how to fix them.

The Need for Full-Stack Observability

In a recent survey, it was discovered that 57% of software developers’ time is spent in meetings resolving performance problems rather than innovating software solutions. The culprit? A lack of full-stack observability. Without the right tools, IT teams are left playing a high-stakes game of “Guess That Outage” – leading to delayed response to critical incidents and excessive time spent in intense meetings focused on these incidents and their root cause.

Enhancing security in Bitbucket: Introducing expiry for access tokens

As part of Atlassian’s ongoing investment in security, we’re introducing new controls to help administrators manage authentication tokens more effectively and securely. To reduce the risk of long-lived credentials becoming security vulnerabilities, all newly created access tokens in Bitbucket will require an expiry duration, as determined by the workplace admin.

Fine-Tune Your Charts with Minutely Metrics in AppSignal

We've enhanced our application performance monitoring capabilities to give you a granular view of your application's behavior with minutely metrics. Now, when you select specific time ranges in your charts, you can see short-term trends, spot anomalies faster, and gain deeper insights into your application's performance.

Understanding GPT vs MBR: Which is Best When Partitioning a Drive?

When it comes to setting up a new hard drive or solid-state drive, one of the first and most crucial decisions you’ll face is choosing between GPT (GUID Partition Table) and MBR (Master Boot Record) partitioning schemes. Whether you’re building a new PC, upgrading your storage, or managing enterprise systems, understanding the differences between these two partitioning methods is essential for making informed decisions about your storage configuration.

Software Defined Networking in the Healthcare Industry

The healthcare industry is in the midst of a technological overhaul, and COVID-19 isn’t (entirely) to blame. Telemedicine, AI diagnostics, and wearable devices that constantly beam patient data to doctors are no longer futuristic concepts – they’re here, and they’re reshaping how care is delivered. But beneath the buzzwords lies a fundamental truth: None of this works without a rock-solid digital backbone, like that provided by a software-defined network.