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Troubleshooting Errors and Performance Issues in Laravel

In a perfect world, there wouldn’t be any errors or bugs in production applications. However, we don’t live in a perfect world, and from experience, you know there is no such thing as a bug-free application. If you are using the Laravel framework, you can leverage its log tracking and error logging to catch bugs early and enhance the performance of your Laravel-based application.

Optimizing Cloud Networks: The Strategic Approach to Eliminating Suboptimal Routing

In this post, we look at optimizing cloud network routing to avoid suboptimal paths that increase latency, round-trip times, or costs. To mitigate this, we can adjust routing policies, strategically distributing resources, AWS Direct Connects, and by leveraging observability tools to monitor performance and costs, enabling informed decisions that balance performance with budget.

How to Integrate Node.js with Logit.io

Node.js is an open-source runtime environment, frequently used for backend development, and enables developers to build scalable, high-performance apps that can easily handle a vast amount of simultaneous connections. The solution is suitable for network applications scalable for real-time web apps, RESTful APIs, microservices, and chat apps.

25 Linux Logs to Collect and Monitor

While “America runs on Dunkin”, IT increasingly runs on Linux. Between being open-source and highly customizable, everything from video games to enterprise servers can run on Linux. When cloud services took over the corporate IT environment, they brought Linux with them in the form of virtual servers and containers. Meanwhile, developers increasingly use Linux-based Docker to containerize applications and Kubernetes to manage the deployments.

How the Cribl SRE Team Uses Cribl Edge to Collect Metrics

This is one of a series of blog posts that explain how the Cribl SRE team builds, optimizes, and operates a robust Observability suite using Cribl’s products. If you haven’t, we encourage you to read the previous blog about how the Cribl SRE team uses our own products to achieve scalable observability. We installed Cribl Edge on the machines we manage for our users and use it to gather metrics.

Herding Llama 3.1 with Elastic and LM Studio

The latest LM Studio 0.3 update has made Elastic’s AI Assistant for Security run with an LM Studio-hosted model easier and faster. In this blog, Elastic and LM Studio teams will show you how to get started in minutes. You no longer need to set up a proxy if you work on the same network or locally on your machine.

Object Storage vs. File Storage vs. Block Storage - What's Best for Businesses?

For businesses, choosing the right cloud storage becomes more complex than for the average user because factors other than personal preferences and needs come into play. Companies need to consider the big picture when choosing a storage solution for their data. Businesses often deal with sensitive data, large files, and complex storage needs.

The ultimate guide to on-call schedules

An Ultimate Guide to on-call schedules? You might think this sounds overly grandiose for what’s essentially putting people into a list and rotating through them. But you’d be flat-out wrong. Getting your on-call setup correct is as real and as important as it gets, and getting things wrong can lead to prolonged incidents, burnt out employees, and damaged company reputation.

What does SLO stand for? A complete guide to Service Level Objectives (SLOs)

The world of tech is full of acronyms. SLOs are one of those that everyone talks about, but maybe not everyone fully gets. Whether you're nodding along in meetings or just hearing “SLO” for the first time, we’ve got you covered. In this post, we’ll break down what Service Level Objectives (SLOs) actually are, why they matter, and how they can help keep your systems (and your sanity) in check.

Executives, Here's What Your Network Team Wants You to Know

Understanding and aligning to the needs of your network team can unlock a more profitable, efficient, and sustainable business. Network and IT teams are part of the success of your organization. They keep your critical applications running smoothly and protect your data from threats, all while flying under the radar.