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Aiven workshop: Boost your PostgreSQL skills: Beginner's guide to SQL optimization

Learn the basics of query optimization in PostgreSQL. From understanding the path of the query to optimizing your indexes and joins, we’ll cover the foundation, tools and techniques to improve the performance of your SQL queries. Open to beginner levels, though the knowledge of SQL basics is desired.

The Rise of Open Source Time Series Databases

Time series databases allow you to store and query metrics efficiently. For example, if you want to forecast load on your servers, or identify intermittent faults with your production services, time series databases can help. Besides infrastructure monitoring, time series databases have been invaluable in finance, IoT applications, manufacturing, and more. Many time series databases, including VictoriaMetrics, are open source.

OpenFeature - A Guide to Open-Source Feature Flagging

Feature flags are crucial in modern software development, allowing teams to safely deploy and test new features. However, the absence of standardization has resulted in fragmentation and vendor lock-in. OpenFeature addresses this by offering an open specification for feature flagging, set to transform how developers manage and implement feature flags across various projects.

Open Source Alternatives to Tracealyzer

Tracealyzer is a popular tool for visualizing and analyzing the execution of real-time systems, but its price tag can be a barrier for some developers. This guide explores powerful open-source alternatives that provide similar functionality for free, helping you choose the right tool for your embedded systems projects.

Introducing Statusy - An Open Source Status Page Aggregator

A quick walkthrough of Statusy—an open-source status page aggregator that centralizes service monitoring for your team. Created by Yash Jain at Squadcast, Statusy simplifies tracking with a unified dashboard and flexible notifications. Set up in minutes and keep your team informed! Statusy is fully open source.

How to Implement an Open-Source Project Management Tool in Your Organization

Implementing an open-source project management tool in your organization can revolutionize the way you handle tasks and collaborate with your team. By choosing the right tool, you can streamline your workflow, boost productivity, and reduce costs significantly. The best part is that many of these tools come with a community of users and developers who continuously improve them, ensuring you always have access to the latest features and support.

Open Source Software Licenses vs Revenue Growth Rates

I don’t understand why pure open-source licenses, such as Apache2, MIT or BSD, should be replaced with a source available license in order to increase profits from enterprise support contracts. That’s why we at VictoriaMetrics aren’t going to change the Apache2 license for our products. Our main goal is to provide good products to users, and to help users use these products in the most efficient way.

The Top 8 Open-Source Software Providers for Storage, Media, & More

Open-source platforms are rapidly overtaking the proprietary software market as more people value open-source software's transparency and resources. We all have many options for tools to integrate into our lives, from media streaming to managing our files; choosing the right open-source tools can help save money and offer greater flexibility, encourage collaboration and shared knowledge within communities.