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On November 18, 2025, X, ChatGPT, Shopify, and many other major sites went offline simultaneously. Even Downdetector, Ookla’s popular outage tracking website, briefly went offline. What caused this issue? Why were so many major websites affected by it? And what steps can you take to reduce the impact on your own applications? ‍

Redgate Monitor v14.1.0 now provides a simple, built-in integration with ServiceNow that uses its REST API directly. This replaces the older webhook-based approach and removes much of the setup and maintenance overhead.

Every growing engineering organization eventually faces the seemingly impossible decision between building a custom solution or buying one off the shelf. It’s a debate that often (and incorrectly) ends by choosing whichever option is less expensive. However, it’s become clear that solving the build vs. buy puzzle boils down to understanding what you want to be good at and whether your internal build is actually unique.

Starting today, get full visibility on your RDS databases directly inside Qovery. Troubleshoot app and database issues from one place without jumping into the AWS console.

You can cut your log costs by removing repetitive, low-value logs early and keeping only the parts that genuinely help you understand issues. Modern systems generate logs far faster than you expect. Even when your workload stays stable, infrastructure components, retries, and background workers continue producing a steady stream of repeated entries.

Atlassian is shutting down OpsGenie. New sales stopped on June 4, 2025. Complete shutdown happens on April 5, 2027. Atlassian wants you to migrate to Jira Service Management (JSM). But like many OpsGenie users, you probably have questions. What is JSM? How does it handle alerting, escalation policies, and on-call schedules? What automation options does it have? Is it the right fit? And more. This blog breaks down everything you need to know.

Kubernetes has reshaped how teams build and scale infrastructure, but it’s also made cost visibility a lot harder. For platform engineers, SREs, and FinOps leads, breaking down shared cluster costs, understanding per-team usage, and driving efficient resource allocation is still a major challenge. That’s why one CloudZero webinar with Umesh Rao, Director, Tech Enablement and John Hashem, Senior Sales Engineer, stood out.

Cursor is fantastic at cranking out code changes. I recently used it to splice a brand-new downstream API call into one of our Go microservices, and the diff looked great. The unit tests finished before I lifted my coffee mug, yet I still had zero certainty the change would survive contact with real traffic. That gap is all about integration tests, so I paired Cursor with proxymock and the outerspace-go demo service to prove the behavior end to end.

It is no longer news that MariaDB 12 has officially landed, and it’s making waves across the database world. For over a decade, MariaDB has been the go-to open-source database for developers and businesses seeking a stable and innovative MySQL-compatible platform. This new release further enhances its value. MariaDB 12 delivers major performance upgrades, new features, and significant redesigns to enhance speed, scalability, and developers’ experience.