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Where do YOU stand on DORA metrics?

Where does your team stand on DORA metrics? The Jackpocket software development team wanted to know that, too, so they implemented Sleuth to find out. Now, they know exactly where they stand AND where they're making progress. Give Sleuth a try and see how we empower software teams to build faster by making engineering efficiency easy to improve and measurable — in a way that both managers and developers love.

How to monitor Azure App Registration Client Secret Expiration Notification?

Security remains a paramount concern in the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud computing. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is a cornerstone for securing applications and services within the Azure ecosystem. Azure App Registrations offer a crucial mechanism to manage application identities and enable secure authentication and authorization. However, the expiration of client secrets associated with these app registrations can introduce security vulnerabilities.

Maximizing Coding Productivity with Large Language Models

Learn how to maximize developer productivity by leveraging large language models for rapid code refactoring. Large language models like ChatGPT have tremendous potential to automate repetitive coding tasks and boost team effectiveness. In this MAAS Show And Tell, Peter Makowski, Senior Web Engineer at Canonical, shares insights and a real-world example of using LLM for a successful large-scale migration of hundreds of tests from enzyme to @testing-library/react.

Checkly Advances Monitoring as Code with New User-Centric Features

Checkly, the leading provider of monitoring solutions powered by a Monitoring as Code (MaC) workflow, has unveiled two groundbreaking features: the Activity Log and Code Exporter. These innovative features not only enhance transparency and simplify the adoption of MaC practices but also mark a significant step forward in Checkly's commitment to advancing the MaC movement, offering users an end-to-end workflow that integrates seamlessly with modern software development practices.

9 Popular Kubernetes Distributions You Should Know About

Kubernetes has become the go-to platform for container orchestration, allowing teams to more efficiently manage their containerized applications. Vanilla Kubernetes, as well as managed Kubernetes, are the two options available when building up a Kubernetes system. A group of programmers using vanilla Kubernetes must download the source code files, follow the code route, and set up the machine's environment.

SRE in Transition: From Startup to Enterprise

"Startups are defined by “ship or die”. As a result, SRE teams at a startup should be focused on enabling product engineers to ship features as quickly as possible. As your startup transitions from “we’ll run out of money in the next 18 months” to “we have more than 1000 engineers”, how should the SRE organization evolve and provide the best value through that transition (including booting one up if you don’t have one)? I will discuss specific ways the organization needs to evolve to meet this challenge, how the SRE org can advocate for and support this change (both in direct actions and in “influence”), and how the overhang of startup technical and cultural debt can make this shift more challenging (but also more necessary).

Integrate Monitoring as Code into your Software Development Lifecycle

Learn how the new Checkly features (code exporter and activity log) enable you to integrate Monitoring as Code into your Software Development Lifecycle. Define and debug your monitoring resources during development, test your preview deployments and start monitoring productions with ease.

ITOps vs. DevOps: what's the difference?

Titles within an organization evolve nearly as fast as the technology itself. For a long time, the title of DevOps was considered a literal interpretation of “Development” and “Operations” – a catch-all term for hybrid roles encapsulating everything from on-prem, cloud, and hybrid infrastructures, to code execution and lifecycle management. Sounds like a lot? It is.