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Dashboard Fridays: Steam Player Data

Jul 20, 2023 By Squared Up In Squared Up
This is a fun dashboard to capture some Steam player statistics using the WebAPI plugin. Created by SquaredUp's Director of Engineering, Josip Dlaka, this handy dashboard displays how long his kids have been online, how many friends they have, and what they have achieved without even leaving their room! SquaredUp allows you to combine and visualize data from multiple data sources in a meaningful way, so this aesthetically pleasing dashboard gives a good overview of key Steam player metrics in Josip's household.
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grafana

A practical guide to data collection with OpenTelemetry and Prometheus

Jul 20, 2023 By Goutham Veeramachaneni In Grafana

Grafana Labs has always been actively involved in the OpenTelemetry community, even working with the predecessor projects OpenTracing and OpenCensus. We have been supporting OTLP as the primary input protocol for our distributed tracing project, Grafana Tempo, since its inception, and our Grafana Agent embeds parts of the OpenTelemetry Collector.

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gitkraken

Team Collaboration in Git: How GitKraken Workspaces Makes the Difference

Jul 20, 2023 By Jeremy Castile In GitKraken

Welcome back to our Everyday Use Case series, where we continue to explore the real-world workflows for GitKraken Workspaces and show you practical ways to make routine tasks faster and simpler. In our previous article, we unpacked how GitKraken Workspaces simplifies the onboarding process for new team members in complex multi-repo projects. Now, we shift our focus to another crucial element of project development: Team Collaboration.

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Environment backup and recovery

Jul 20, 2023 By Pandora FMS In Pandora FMS
Backup copies are an almost mandatory prevention method in any environment in order to have the most critical elements secured against possible damages or loss of information. For this reason, today we bring you this video where we are going to see how to make security copies of the main elements of Pandora FMS and how to recover them in a very simple way.
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Pepperdata

Choose Your Weapon Against Costly Cloud Bills

Jul 20, 2023 By Pepperdata In Pepperdata
In the epic struggle against spiraling cloud costs, the only durable solution is automated optimization. The manual engineering efforts that most people call “cloud cost optimization” these days can be time-consuming and tedious, if not impossible at the scale at which modern data stacks operate. Moreover, they redirect valuable human resources away from technical innovation.
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datadog

Understanding AWS Lambda proactive initialization

Jul 20, 2023 By AJ Stuyvenberg In Datadog

AJ Stuyvenberg is a Staff Engineer at Datadog and an AWS Serverless Hero. A version of this post was originally published on his blog. In AWS Lambda, a cold start occurs when a function is invoked and an idle, initialized sandbox is not ready to receive the request. Features like Provisioned Concurrency and SnapStart are designed to reduce cold starts by pre-initializing execution environments.

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How Zesty's Programmers and Ops Team Troubleshoots Kubernetes in Minutes

Jul 20, 2023 By Lumigo In Lumigo
Using Lumigo's end-to-end distributed tracing that surfaces critical payload data, Zesty is able to find the root cause of errors in their microservice-based apps without using logs. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on any new livestreams and observability content! With one-click distributed tracing, Lumigo lets developers effortlessly find and fix issues in serverless and containerized environments.
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sentry

5 Signs You Have Outgrown Your Mobile Monitoring Solution

Jul 20, 2023 By Emily Vince In Sentry

Imagine you start a new hobby — let’s say bike riding. You don’t want to invest a lot in a bike because you’re not sure that you’ll like it. Luckily, you snag a free bike from a friend — it’s clunky, but the price is right. You start out with short rides around your neighborhood and eventually find yourself riding every day, going on longer and longer rides. Your free, heavy bike is holding you back.

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cortex

Accelerating software and system migrations with Cortex

Jul 20, 2023 By Cortex In Cortex
Updating a software version, moving to Kubernetes, onboarding a new CI/CD tool... some of these decisions could have enormous productivity upside for your team, while others carry significant risk if not executed by a certain deadline. In either event, getting everyone aligned with what to do, when—is never an easy task. Learn what to avoid for speedy migrations, and how Cortex helps.
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coralogix

4 Observability Metrics Examples to Overcome Big Challenges

Jul 20, 2023 By Stelios Moschos In Coralogix

Having a strong full-stack observability has become increasingly crucial in modern IT environments, as organizations strive to gain deep insights into their systems’ behavior, performance and overall health. However, achieving effective observability can be challenging without the right tools and strategies in place. In this article, we will explore the key challenges associated with observability and how Coralogix can help overcome those issues.

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