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Avoiding the Data Roach Motel with Open Source

It's your data. You should be able to do whatever you want with it. However, vendor lock-in can trap your data in a single solution, making it extremely difficult to switch to something that better meets your needs. When your data goes in, but doesn't come out—that's a data roach motel. Open source technologies, and solutions built with open source tools, enable organizations to take control of their data, giving them the freedom to put it into and take it out of whatever databases or solutions they see fit.

Generative AI in Observability: A Trip or a Trap?

Generative AI or Generative Artificial Intelligence, in its simplest form, means being capable of generating text, images, or any data using generative models, mostly in response to prompts. You would have all heard of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It is generative AI in action. Essentially, What do you do in ChatGPT? You type in a topic or a question, and the robot replies with structured answers.

The Debrief: How we built a "game changing" AI assistant feature

Imagine an AI assistant that could automatically surface a whole host of useful incident response data points with just a prompt. Well, you won't need to imagine for much longer. That's exactly what we built in Assistant, one of our newest features powered by AI. In this episode, you'll hear from Charlie, the project lead for Assistant, to get a peek behind this game-changing product. You'll hear him chat about.

Three Properties of Data to Make LLMs Awesome

This post first appeared on Phillip's personal blog. Back in May 2023, I helped launch my first bona fide feature that uses LLMs in production. It was difficult in lots of different ways, but one thing I didn’t elaborate on in several blog posts was how lucky I was to have a coherent way to get the data I needed to make the feature useful for users.

The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Digital Transformation

In today's fast-paced digital landscape, it's not enough for companies to merely adapt to change; they must lead the way in embracing transformative technologies because it’s the only way to grow and stay competitive. In this blog, we'll explore how the fusion of digital transformation and AI transformation is shaping business environments around us.

What is AI Web Design? - A Detailed Guide with 5 Best AI Design Tools

Today, AI is more than robots, automation, and sci-fi movies. This emerging technology has spread its wings in each sector since its launch, and web designing has yet to be done. The world of website design has undergone a major transformation in recent years, thanks to the advancement in AI and ML technologies.

Safeguarding Electronics with IP68-Rated Enclosures: All You Need to Know

In today's interconnected world, electronic devices play an integral role in various industries, from telecommunications to healthcare to manufacturing. However, exposure to harsh environmental conditions such as water, dust, and debris can pose significant risks to the functionality and longevity of these devices.

Microsoft 365 APM Profiles using REST API Monitor and Microsoft Graph API

As of WUG 2022 our REST API monitor supports OAuth 2 Client Credentials allowing a daemon application (non user interactive) to authenticate as an application to the Graph API. Using this new capability we created new APM profile to monitor Microsoft 365 and Office 365.

How to speed up MySQL and PostgreSQL queries for FREE

How can I speed up a SQL query? This video showcases how to optimize a SQL query on MySQL or PostgreSQL for free using AI and a tool called EverSQL by Aiven. In the example shown, the query performance on a MySQL database went from 20 seconds to 0.5 seconds only by pasting the SQL and additional metadata in the EverSQL by Aiven UI and applying the indexes and SQL rewrite suggestions. Check out these resources to learn more:(links to any tools or resources you used in the video, our docs/trial if appropriate)