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The MOST used metrics to boost deployment frequency

The most used metrics in Sleuth to help software teams boost deployment frequency are batch size, lead time, coding time, review lag, review time and deploy time. Here's how the software engineering team at Gigpro uses them to construct experiments. 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.

Unlock rapid developer productivity gains | Sleuth Automations Marketplace

Unlock rapid developer productivity gains with Sleuth's Automations Marketplace. Your team has no time for toil – the manual, repetitive tasks that eat away at your developers. That’s why the time is now for Sleuth Automations Marketplace, where no-code automations let you experiment rapidly to improve your engineering efficiency and save your developers from burnout. We discussed how to make your team awesome with DORA in part one of our series. This event will show you how Sleuth's Automations Marketplace helps you take the DORA philosophy and metrics to the next level to improve your team.

Modernizing Cybersecurity: New Challenges, New Practices

The practice of cybersecurity is undergoing radical transformation in the face of new threats introduced by new technologies. As a McKinsey & Company survey notes, “an expanding attack surface is driving innovation in cybersecurity.” Kubernetes and the cloud are infrastructure technologies with many moving parts that have introduced new attack surfaces and created a host of new security challenges.

Mastering Communication: 8 Skills for Enhancing Dev to Dev Collaboration

Collaboration: the secret sauce of every software project. But let’s be honest, mastering the communication needed for seamless teamwork is like trying to herd cats wearing roller skates – sounds amusing, but feels impossible. From navigating multiple time zones and illegible pull requests to juggling so many tasks simultaneously that your brain feels like a browser with fifty tabs open – teamwork isn’t always a walk in the park.

Black Hat USA: Adaptable Security From HAProxy

The curtain rose and fell on another spectacular Black Hat USA, the conference set against the backdrop of fabulous Las Vegas in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. We knew upon hitting the Strip that all the glamor and neon lights were just the preshow for the main event: innovation and the latest in cybersecurity. We couldn’t wait to show attendees and fellow vendors what we had to offer.

More than downtime: the opportunity costs of poor incident management

In my last blog post, I wrote about the explicit costs of incidents — the ones you can easily track based on dollars lost. But the cost of incidents goes beyond the time spent resolving them. While we’re spending our time managing incidents (that includes mitigating and retrospectives), we’re incurring a large opportunity cost in terms of releasing the next big thing.

Job Progress Optimization: Deep Dive into Connections, Improvements & Query Analysis | 2023 Guide

Explore the vast world of SQL job progress. In this guide, we break down the ins and outs of connections, demonstrate innovative improvements, and demystify query analysis. Enhance your database efficiency and get ahead in your SQL journey.

Down to the Dollar: Turning Logs into Serverless Estimates - Civo Navigate NA 2023

Learn the nuances of serverless cost estimation in "Down to the Dollar: Turning Logs into Serverless Estimates" with David Strauss. Discover actionable strategies for cost reduction and understand how effective log analysis can lead to better financial models. From predicting your serverless expenses to understanding the impact of architecture choices on cost, this video offers a comprehensive guide for any IT professional.

A Practical Developer's Guide on How to Troubleshoot HTTP 5XX errors

Imagine the following situation: You are on call, and your monitoring dashboard has flickering red lights due to an increased number of 5xx HTTP responses from one or more of your Kubernetes services. Now it is time to start to troubleshoot 500 Errors. Instead of panicking, you can use this blog as a guide.