Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

Episode 005: In this episode of DevEx Unpacked, Alan Carson chats with Ciara Carey, Solutions Engineer at Cloudsmith, about her career journey from developer to DevRel to her current customer-facing role. Ciara shares real-world insights on software supply chain security, how teams are using Enterprise Policy Management (EPM) to control open source risk, and why Cloudsmith’s cloud-native platform is a game changer for DevSecOps workflows.

We’re running a short mini-series on The Debrief podcast called Beyond the code, where we interview our engineers about what it’s really like to build at incident.io. In this episode, we chat with Product Engineer Leo about her time building On-call, our favorite engineering tooling, and what makes our engineering culture as good as cinnamon buns.

If your team is constantly firefighting issues, it might be time to shift gears. In this short video, our product specialist, Matt Beran, explains how to move from reactive to proactive support with the help of Asset Management tools. We’ll walk through real use cases so you can see exactly how to monitor device health, plan replacements, and detect patterns that point to bigger problems.

Understanding Vulnerability and Patch Management Challenges Vulnerability and patch management often face challenges due to persistent false findings. OS updates can create missed maintenance windows, leaving systems exposed. Applying cumulative updates correctly can help resolve these issues. However, systems may still show as up to date while harboring vulnerabilities due to misidentified software. A notable example is a Java vulnerability that continues to exist despite updates, as it is part of a custom solution.

Maximizing Patch Deployment with Ring Strategies Ring deployment enhances automation for patch management by allowing control over individual testing and production rings. Engaging end users is essential to evaluate the impact of patches after the initial deployment. While patches may lead to immediate failures or delayed issues, user feedback is often overlooked. This feedback is vital for deciding whether to proceed to the next deployment ring, focusing on balancing security and productivity.

Now in research preview: Netdata Insights The problem: Incident? You're jumping between dashboards, piecing together timelines. Reporting? You're copy-pasting charts and correlating trends by hand. The data’s there, but turning it into a narrative doesn’t scale. The solution: Netdata Insights. Synthesizes our high-fidelity telemetry using the latest LLMs into AI-powered reports with natural-language explanations, visuals, and clear recommendations.

Global Locations and Scheduling Strategies with Checkly: https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/monitoring/global-locations/

🐧🐝 Try Coroot fully open source or Enterprise and check out the latest open source observability tips on our blog: https://t.ly/qBH9f

Handing the keys to multiple IT teams doesn’t have to invite RBAC chaos. In this quick-strike session we’ll show you how to carve out precise roles in NinjaOne, keep permission creep on a tight leash, and spin up a co-managed setup that’s accessible but secure — without adding a new manual headache to your week. Bring your access questions; leave with a ninja-sharp checklist.

We strongly believe that simple observability should be an innovation everyone can afford to benefit from: which is why Coroot is open source, and includes cost monitoring for Azure, GCP, AWS, or your own custom settings. eBPF automatically tracks how each deployment impacts your cloud costs, so you can easily roll back changes and avoid lovecraftian monthly bill when necessary.