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Database monitoring refers to the continuous process of tracking and analyzing the health and performance of a database. It’s essentially a regularized health check-up for your data management system that diagnoses anomalies and helps identify potential issues before they escalate. By persistently monitoring databases, you can ensure that they’re functioning optimally and there is no obstruction of data flows to dependent resources.

In the realm of tech diversity, organizations face the formidable task of delivering flawless digital experiences on many devices and operating systems. The performance and reliability of these disparate systems, and their networks, significantly impacts user experience, be it web browsing, application sharing, or remote server operations. Among these challenges, macOS, Apple’s widely adopted operating system, holds particular challenges when it comes to optimizing experience and networking.

Freedom of choice can make choosing harder. Since a JFrog cloud (SaaS) account provides the same functionality as a self-hosted JFrog Software Supply Chain Platform how will you decide which is right for you? Choice without tradeoffs is one of the key ways JFrog enables you to be cloud-nimble, and run the mission-critical heart of your DevSecOps process wherever you need it to be — in any cloud, public or private, as SaaS, BYOL, or on-prem. So how will you decide?

Recently, we wrote a great article about Platform Engineering and how to get started; well, now that you know much more about it, you might want to explore the best Platform Engineering tools to use in 2024. If that’s the case, this article is for you.

In the online world, the unassuming cookie plays a pivotal role and serves as small data stored by websites in visitors’ browsers. As users navigate the Internet using their browsers, these cookies — which are crucial for recognizing returning users — accumulate in vast numbers, even during a single website visit. Various entities, including the website itself and third-party platforms like Google Analytics, add virtual cookies.

We’ve posted a bit about the ambiguity around MTTR before, but we want to get deeper into the confusion and maybe false sense of security our reliance on MTTR causes, from both a qualitative and quantitative standpoint.

Monitoring and observing application performance is a cornerstone for maintaining robust and efficient systems in the ever-evolving development landscape. One key player in this domain is OpenTelemetry. This post provides a comprehensive tutorial and unpacks what OpenTelemetry is, its applications and integration into the JavaScript ecosystem.

Cost optimization in cloud environments is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity. As businesses increasingly migrate to AWS, they are met with the difficult task of ensuring robust performance and scalability, all while keeping an eagle eye on costs. How does one achieve this delicate balance? How can organizations ensure that their AWS architectures are both high-performing and cost-efficient?