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Slow-loading assets on your web pages can lead to frustrated users, high bounce rates, and lost conversions. For the vast majority of websites, slow-loading resources will be your main performance bottleneck. There’s no way to get around going through the network for essential resources like JavaScript, CSS, and images — thus, it’s crucial that you can quickly identify and fix your slow-loading assets.

When monitoring sensor data, such as data from a weather station, a home security system, or a home automation assistant, it’s useful to have an alerting system in place, as well. By setting up alerts for sensor data, you can automatically receive notifications when any significant event occurs — whether that’s someone arriving at your front door or a thunderstorm rolling in.

Are you confused by the difference between events, alerts and incidents in IT operations? It’s easy to get mixed up when you’re getting started in IT operations because of these concepts’ overlapping nature and interconnectivity. However, it’s important to know the differences so you can accurately categorize and respond to various IT issues and ensure resources are allocated effectively.

I’m currently working on a small team within Honeycomb where we’re building an ambitious new feature. We’re excited—heck, the whole company is—and even our customers are knocking on our door. The energy is there. With all this excitement, I’ve been thinking about a risk that—if I'm not careful—could severely hinder my team's ability to ship on time, celebrate success, and continue work after launch: burnout.

Datadog Workflow Automation speeds up incident response and remediation for DevOps, SRE, and security teams by enabling them to automatically run predefined task sequences whenever specific alerts or security signals are triggered. After the feature’s initial release in 2023, Datadog is now excited to announce a significant expansion of its Workflow Automation capabilities with Azure actions, allowing engineers to create automated workflows for their Azure resources for the first time.