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Scheduling tasks to run automatically at set times or intervals is important in web development, system administration, and software engineering. This article shows how to schedule cron jobs in Python, making them work in different environments. Cron jobs help automate tasks like data backups, sending emails, generating reports, and more.

Some time ago, we started research and development efforts to create components for Icinga aimed at monitoring Kubernetes environments. Over the past months, we have gained valuable insights into the platform and how we can monitor Kubernetes with Icinga efficiently.

What do we gain when we integrate OpenTelemetry with FastAPI? Integrating OpenTelemetry with FastAPI offers many benefits that greatly improve the observability and monitoring capabilities of applications built on this high-performance web framework. By integrating OpenTelemetry's instrumentation capabilities into FastAPI projects, you can understand your applications' inner workings, enabling them to monitor, analyze, and optimize performance.

Throughout the years, many users have asked us if it’s possible to only deploy to Upsun when a tag is pushed using a source code integration. The answer is: with our current source integrations, it's not—but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Upsun is based on Git and because of this, acts as a remote for your code repository.

Kubernetes revolutionised container orchestration, allowing faster and more reliable application deployment and management. But even though it transformed the world of DevOps, it introduced new challenges around security maintenance, networking and application lifecycle management.

According to PYPL (PopularitY of Programming Language), Python has been the most popular programming language worldwide from 2018 to the present. Remarkably, Python’s popularity has grown by 2.5% over the last five years. In contrast, Java, the previously most popular language, has seen a 4.8% decrease in its popularity. While Java is typically faster than Python, Python is easier to read with its simpler syntax.

After many cups of coffee and takeaway pizzas, something changed in the world of SQL Prompt in November 2023. For the first time in SQL Prompt’s history, our engineering team at Redgate brought AI to its breadth of capabilities and called it Prompt+. Using generative AI-powered insights and context-based awareness, Prompt+ takes natural language queries and turns them into SQL coding suggestions.

Modern hybrid IT estates generate huge volumes of data at velocity, a testament to today’s digital reality. But for IT Operations Management (ITOM) teams charged with keeping tabs on system health, this data proliferation can be a nightmare scenario. Tool sprawl, alert storms, manual analysis, and disconnected insights make maintaining a current state, let alone supporting better business outcomes, a perpetual challenge.

Think of your network device firmware as a fortress that can withstand attacks and protect you from potential threats in the digital world. It acts as a guardian, keeping hackers and malicious software at bay so you can be confident that your data is safe. However, any imposing medieval fortress standing tall and proud with seemingly impenetrable walls, no matter how strong it seems, can't keep up with a relentless barrage from the latest weaponry.

DevOps has emerged as a crucial methodology for software development and deployment. DevOps bridges the gap between development and operations teams, fostering collaboration and enabling continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD). At the heart of DevOps lies automation, which streamlines deployment pipelines, enhances productivity, and ensures rapid, reliable software delivery.