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Honeycomb, Meet Terraform

Most SaaS products have nice, organic growth when they work well. Employees log in, they click around and make stuff, then they share links with others who do the same. After a few weeks or months, there are thousand of objects. Some are abandoned, and some are mission-critical. Different people also bring different perspectives, so they name things that are relevant to their role and position in the team, which may be confusing to others outside their realm.

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Runbook Automation as a Baseline for Controllability and Observability

Some of the highest priorities for engineers - from NOC Engineers, DevOps & Site Reliability Engineers - are the automation and optimization of their production environments. Many companies today face tough challenges with their Network Operations Centers (NOCs) or production environments. These challenges fall into the hands of engineering teams.

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On-Premises vs Cloud MDM deployment: Key Differences between them

On-premises vs cloud MDM deployment With the rise of SaaS application management, mobile device management (MDM) services have gained popularity among IT professionals. Modern computing environments rely on the efficient use and provisioning of resources. But which one is right for your business: on-premise or cloud MDM deployment? While this may seem like a simple question, there are many factors that come into play when deciding which method to go with. This article discusses the differences between on-premises vs. cloud MDM deployment. It will also present examples, use cases, and pros and cons of these two deployment options.

Guest blog post: Don't use your distro's package manager

I have stopped using my Linux distro’s package manager, and you should, too. Maybe I should clarify that. I don’t install software with my distro’s package manager any more. I still upgrade my system. I became influenced by a few different factors. Top among these is something required in certain industries called a change advisory board or committee.

Why Performance And Cost Are Two Sides Of A Coin

In the SaaS world, it’s an accepted fact that engineering teams care most about performance, while finance teams primarily care about costs. The rift between the two teams is so large it caused the birth of a whole new SaaS company department — FinOps — to help them work together. This division of goals often leads executives to wonder which path the company should take.

Applying Lessons Learned from Baking Pizza to Kubernetes Observability

Baking a delicious pizza in a wood-fired oven requires a combination of skill, experience and the right tools. The same is true for achieving optimal observability in a Kubernetes environment. In this post, we'll explore some of the lessons learned from baking pizza in a wood-fired oven and apply them to the world of Kubernetes observability.

Modernizing LinkedIn's Traffic Stack | Sanjay Singh & Sri Ram Bathina

Presented by Sanjay Singh & Sri Ram Bathina (LinkedIn) at HAProxyConf 2022. In this talk, you will learn about LinkedIn's experiments with HAProxy in the past, their current HAProxy use cases, and the plan for replacing the existing stack with HAProxy. You will also see LinkedIn's evaluation process, why HAProxy came out as a winner, and how they are planning to leverage HAProxy’s features to modernize their traffic stack which will make them better prepared for the future.

Hosted StatsD vs. StatsD

When you are designing and building applications, you should consider how to monitor them once they become live. You do not want to be blindsided by errors and degrading performances as you operate them. When your applications fail to provide optimal performance, it can broadly impact your business. Engineers will often be distracted to investigate and fix the issues. Customers will complain. It can eventually hit your bottom line.

Logic App Best practices, Tips, and Tricks: #20 Accessing Runtime Settings (Part I) - Logic App Consumption

In my last blog post, I discussed securing our Logic App. I may return to this topic in the future, but for now, let’s get back once again to developer tricks and tips, and this time to address something that I’m always considering using on my solutions: How to access runtime settings like the Subscription Id or the Resource Group.

JFrog Connect IoT Device Management Solution

JFrog Connect is an all-in-one platform to manage, update, control, monitor and secure remote Linux & IoT devices, at scale, with the click of a button. New products are being developed all the time, and in today's world they are all smart, connected with complex software. Save development time with the first plug and play device management platform for connected devices - with all the necessary tools and features to manage and maintain the product fleet remotely. Including over the air update tools, remote debugging, monitoring and securing.