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In my last blog post, Building a Cost-Effective Full Observability Solution Around Open APIs and CNCF Projects, we introduced using ChaosSearch in combination with the most popular open source front- and back-ends in the application observability space. In case you missed it, the TL;DR version is that you can use a variety of open source projects and open API-based components to build the best-of-breed observability stack of your choice rather than relying on expensive, all-in-one solutions.

When we began the week, we had zero awards from Comparably. As we end the week, we now have a three-peat of awards. Cribl was recognized among 70,000 companies out of 15 million ratings – winning top honors for Happiest Employees, Best Compensation, and Best Perks and Benefits. We’re thrilled to be recognized by Comparably, and we’re looking forward to continuing our pursuit of being the best place to work.

Data security is more important than ever. High-profile cyber attacks in 2021, like the Colonial Pipeline Breach, caused major services to grind to a standstill. Ransomware is still on the rise, and there’s a fear that cybercriminals have the ability to break through 93% of company networks.

Python web applications are taking over more and more of the internet (source). However, with great Pythonic power comes great responsibility — ensuring that your web applications consistently deliver in terms of performance and reliability. It is one thing to build and ship an application and another to continually monitor and maintain it on the internet.

A new version of Rancher Desktop with a troubleshooting diagnostics feature and several other improvements has just been released!

One of my first projects as a consultant created a web application for a small tax software company in Omaha, Nebraska. They were looking to improve their online presence by offering customers the ability to automatically obtain the license for the application. Their website would allow the customer, potentially within minutes, to gain access to their software. They hired me to develop a process with an interface to their existing system to generate a license code, store it somewhere, and then email it.

A firewall is a cybersecurity tool used to prevent unauthorized access to your private device or network. It could refer to any software or hardware that checks the data and traffic coming in and going out of a network to ensure they comply with cybersecurity rules. Firewalls can also include what is known as an intrusion detection system (IDS), which additionally blocks malicious traffic while allowing legitimate and authorized traffic access to a network.