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How to Configure Docker's Shared Memory Size (/dev/shm)

Your Node.js app runs fine on your machine. But inside Docker? You start getting weird crashes—ENOSPC: no space left on device. Chrome headless tests fail out of nowhere. PostgreSQL throws shared memory errors under load. The problem? It’s probably /dev/shm, the shared memory volume Docker sets up by default. Most containers get just 64MB of space here.

Amazon SQS Metrics: Monitor, Debug, and Optimize Your Message Queues

Message queues quietly take care of a lot—buffering workloads, smoothing traffic spikes, and keeping services connected. But they don’t always get much attention until something feels off. Amazon SQS offers a solid set of metrics to help you understand how your queues are doing, whether you’re scaling well or nearing limits. This blog breaks down the key SQS metrics: where to find them, what they mean, and how to respond when things start to shift.

Introducing Cause Analysis: Instant Triage for Traffic Changes with Kentik AI

Introducing Cause Analysis from Kentik, designed to simplify network traffic analysis and rapidly identify the root cause of issues. Learn how this exciting new feature streamlines troubleshooting, makes complex insights accessible, and boosts team efficiency for all users.

Understanding APM and Distributed Tracing in the Observability Stack

To keep modern applications running smoothly, you need more than just basic monitoring. APM (Application Performance Monitoring) gives you a broad overview, tracking metrics like latency, errors, and system health. Distributed Tracing, on the other hand, shows the full journey of each request across services, helping you pinpoint the root cause of slowdowns or failures.

How to Reduce IT Costs on Hardware Refresh Cycles

IT budgets are under pressure, and hardware refresh costs continue to climb. For End User Computing (EUC) and IT professionals, the traditional time-based approach to managing device lifecycles is no longer viable. Simply replacing laptops and desktops every three to five years doesn’t reflect actual device performance, usage patterns, or business needs. The solution? A smarter, data-driven hardware refresh strategy that balances performance, cost-efficiency, and employee experience.

How to Deploy Helm Charts on Kubernetes the Easy Way with Qovery

Deploying Helm charts on Kubernetes can be complex, especially when dealing with configuration overrides, security, and environment-specific setups. In this article, we show how Qovery simplifies Helm chart deployment through a seamless developer experience, robust security defaults, and powerful automation, without sacrificing flexibility.

What Is Session Replay and How It Improves User Experience in IT Environments

Anyone who works in technology quickly learns this truth: users will always interact with systems in the most unexpected and baffling ways… and when something goes wrong, they swear they “didn’t touch anything.” There’s a vast ocean between how something is designed and how it’s actually used—an ocean filled with bugs waiting to be caught. But there’s a way to bridge that gap: session replay.

Observability Across Asia-Pacific: What's Holding Teams Back? | 2025 Observability Survey Analysis

What’s holding back observability maturity in Asia-Pacific? Grafana Labs' cofounder Anthony Woods shares key takeaways from the largest global observability survey. Learn how SaaS, budget concerns, and org structure are shaping Asia-Pacific (APAC)'s future. Grafana Cloud is the easiest way to get started with Grafana dashboards, metrics, logs, and traces. Our forever-free tier includes access to 10k metrics, 50GB logs, 50GB traces and more.

The Road to Loki 4.0 (Loki Community Call June 2025)

In this Loki Community Call, we welcome back Ed Welch, Principal Engineer on the Loki team. We will be discussing with Ed what is next for Loki as we push forward to Loki 4.0. If you are interested, learn more about potential architecture changes, storage formats, and an open discussion on where Ed and the Loki team would like to see the future of Loki, then make sure you join us live and have your questions answered!