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Inside the Grafana AI Team Weekly: Guards for AI Observability (May 5, 2026)

May 25, 2026 By Grafana In Grafana
This is an excerpt from a real AI team weekly meeting where we talk about the stuff we build and occasionally also demo them! In this one, Principal Software Engineer Sven Großmann shows a new feature he's working on for AI Observability, called "guards". We're showing parts of our team meetings to build in public in some small way and give you a sneak preview of what's to come. But not all features we show may make it to production! You've been warned. :)
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DNS Monitoring for MSPs: A Complete Setup Guide

May 25, 2026 By DNS Spy In DNS Spy
If you run an MSP, this is the call that ages you. The fix is almost always small. A record was edited at the registrar. A vendor changed an MX target. A new tool added a TXT record and pushed SPF over the lookup limit. None of that should reach a client. With the right monitoring, none of it does. Here is a real one. A 40-person law firm renews their EV certificate. The vendor needs a CAA record cleaned up.
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Exploring Powerful Power BI Dashboards for Smarter Decision-Making

Exploring Powerful Power BI Dashboards for Smarter Decision-Making

May 25, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Operational dashboards help teams answer urgent business questions quickly. They show whether production is on track, inventory is healthy, downtime is rising, or resources are being stretched too thin. This article explores practical Power BI dashboard examples for operational efficiency across production, supply chain management, resource planning, and performance measurement. It also explains how to build dashboards that support real decisions rather than simply displaying data.
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Essential Mac Maintenance Tips for Operations Professionals

Essential Mac Maintenance Tips for Operations Professionals

May 25, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Operations professionals rarely have the luxury of working slowly. Their day consists of managing deadlines and analyzing reports, communicating between teams, and organizing files. It also involves constantly switching between dozens of services. At this pace, the Mac becomes the hub of daily coordination. That's why performance speed, system stability, and macOS predictability have a direct impact on performance. Most Mac issues arise from a lack of regular maintenance. Chaotic background processes, overflowing storage, outdated security settings, and more can gradually turn even a powerful MacBook into an unstable device.
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Shopify outage on May 22, 2026 impacted merchants worldwide

May 23, 2026 By Colin Bartlett In StatusGator
On May 22, 2026, merchants using Shopify experienced a brief but widespread disruption that affected access to product pages, collections, and administrative tools. While the outage lasted less than an hour, it created immediate challenges for businesses that rely on Shopify to manage inventory, update products, and operate online stores. StatusGator detected the developing incident at 10:20 UTC using Early Warning Signals, 18 minutes before Shopify officially acknowledged the outage at 10:38 UTC.
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Your Microsoft Azure storage, our data lake power: The best of both worlds

May 23, 2026 By Cribl In Cribl
The wait is over for Azure-first organizations. Cribl just launched Cribl Lake Bring Your Own Storage (BYOS) for Microsoft Azure, giving you full data lake power without moving a single byte of telemetry out of your environment. Join us to see how you can finally get the flexibility of a modern data lake while keeping your data in Azure.
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How to measure developer experience (DevEx) in the AI era

May 22, 2026 By Datadog In Datadog
As AI coding assistants dramatically inflate PR counts, commit frequency, and lines of code, the limitations of individual output metrics have never been more apparent. A developer can now produce significantly more lines per session, but higher volume doesn’t guarantee that the code is stable, maintainable, or successfully running in production. GitClear analyzed over 200 million lines of code and found that code churn nearly doubled following widespread AI adoption.
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The Checkly Playwright Reporter: Live Demo, Rocky AI RCA & Production Monitoring

May 22, 2026 By Checkly In Checkly
Your Playwright tests catch bugs. The hard part is figuring out what actually broke — and sharing that context with your team. This session shows exactly how the Checkly Playwright Reporter solves that: one shared home for all your test runs, AI-powered root cause analysis, and a direct path from failing test to production monitor. María de Antón, PM for Playwright features at Checkly, runs a live demo on a real app with real failures.
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