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Monitoring Node.js Express Application Performance with AppSignal

As your application scales to serve hundreds, thousands, or even millions of users, understanding its performance becomes essential. Performance monitoring helps you make informed decisions based on data instead of guesswork or user complaints. Imagine users reporting that your app feels"slow". Without proper instrumentation and monitoring, you're left troubleshooting blindly.

Lightrun 'Runtime Context' Empowers AI Coding Agents to Build Software That Works in the Real World

Safe, Direct Access to Runtime Code Across Staging, Pre-prod and Production via MCP Enables Fundamental Step Forward in Autonomous Software Delivery and Reliability for Enterprises NEW YORK, December 10, 2025 – Lightrun, a leader in software reliability, today launched its new Model Context Protocol (MCP) solution, enabling the industry’s first fully integrated Runtime Context for AI coding agents.

Introducing Workspace: Where DEX Work Happens

Today marks another milestone for Nexthink as we introduce a powerful evolution of our platform, one that will meaningfully expand how customers derive value and empower many more teams across IT, HR, and the business to use Infinity. Welcome to Workspace: a new destination where the future of DEX and IT work comes together.

Observability trends for 2026: Maturity, cost control, and driving business value

The observability landscape has undergone a fundamental transformation over the past several years. In a recent report, The Landscape of Observability in 2026: Balancing Cost and Innovation conducted by Dimensional Research and sponsored by Elastic, over 500 IT decision-makers were surveyed. It revealed that observability has definitively transitioned from an optional capability to a mission-critical business function.

Docker Logs Command Reference: tail, follow, since Options

Managing Docker container logs is essential for debugging and monitoring application performance. Tailoring Docker logs allows for real-time insights, quick issue resolution, and optimized performance. This guide focuses on efficient methods for tailing Docker logs, with clear examples and command options to streamline log management.

Building a Stronger Defense with Network Observability and Real-Time Monitoring

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the importance of network security and performance has never been more pronounced. Businesses are increasingly relying on their network infrastructure to support a wide array of critical applications, services, and user activities. As cyber threats become more sophisticated and network architectures more complex, maintaining visibility into network performance and security is essential. This is where a network observability platform becomes indispensable.

FinOps Insights for IT Leaders

FinOps insights for IT leaders often focus on cloud spend, but IT leaders know that real cost drivers extend across hybrid environments. Achieving clarity requires more than budget reports. It requires understanding how workloads behave over time, how performance and capacity shift, and where visibility gaps hide operational and financial risk. To support those efforts, we sat down with Tim Conley, creator of Galileo, to explore practical FinOps insights for IT leaders.

Web API Sample Endpoints to Practice Monitoring & Testing

APIs rarely fail in isolation. They fail under load, during token refresh, when a dependent service slows down, or when a multi-step workflow breaks halfway through. And yet most engineers still test and monitor APIs using mock endpoints that behave nothing like the real thing.

HPE OpsRamp Software Named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Observability Platforms 2025

Observability platforms help IT teams continuously monitor service health and performance, driving superior service quality and customer experience. Access to deeper diagnostics and actionable insights from observability tools lets IT operators drive scalability, resilience, and service reliability across complex, distributed environments.

M-Dashes, the Cookie Monster & DEX: The BIG Reality Bites 2025 Finale

It’s our favorite Reality Bites tradition: the end-of-year panel! Tom and Tim bring the whole crew together—Megan, Ariana, Sean, and Dina—for a joyful, honest, and insight-packed reflection on 2025. From global travel and AI breakthroughs to personal milestones, hard-won lessons, and the music that carried us through the year, the team shares what defined a transformative moment for DEX, for Nexthink, and for each of us. Expect candid takes on AI balance, ambition, slop, mediation, vibe-coding, human connection—and a full round of “song of the year” picks from the whole panel. A warm, funny, heartfelt wrap to a huge year.