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As we at Splunk accelerate our cloud journey, we’re often faced with the decision of when to use logs vs metrics — a decision many in IT face. On the surface, one can do a lot by just observing logs and events. In fact, in the early days of Splunk Cloud, this is exactly how we observed everything. As we continue to grow, however, we find ourselves using a combination of both. This post lays out the overall difference in logs and metrics and when to best utilize each.

Developers are always looking for ways to personalize their work environment and fit the right aesthetic. For many, it’s about finding a balance that keeps their coding sessions productive but also comfortable, especially for those long days and/or nights. We’ve done the hard work for you by scouting dozens of VS Code themes. Here are our top 18 VS Code themes to help you make your IDE look great and keep you coding for long hours without too much strain on your eyes.

Find out how to effectively and easily monitor and troubleshoot MongoDB using Netdata.

A lot of site owners underestimate the consequences of downtime, assuming that a brief outage won’t do much harm to their business. But this can leave them with broken web pages that are either poorly rendered or filled with bugs, frustrating users into hitting the “back” button since they can’t navigate the site. The truth is, keeping outages at bay beats fixing them after the fact, even with a guaranteed backup plan.

Announcing support for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish on all Cloud 66 products (including registered servers). From this point onward, brand-new applications will have Ubuntu 22.04 installed. We will continue to install Ubuntu 20.04 when scaling up servers in an existing application. Don't forget, you can control your target Ubuntu version through your manifest! Ubuntu 22.04 is a Long-Term Support (LTS) release and will receive ongoing app updates and critical security fixes till April 2027.