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Sentry recently completed a multi-month project to remove all non-essential cookies and trackers from our public websites. For more context, see two blog posts that offer differing perspectives on the project: one from our marketing team, another from our legal team, and a third blog post that explains our privacy values and our ultimate motivation.

Imagine this: you’ve just finished working on your brand new Rails app and have deployed it to a cloud provider like DigitalOcean. Like any developer, you’re very proud of your work but you still have lots of questions, like: Your goal is to provide the best user experience. You want to be notified whenever errors or other important events occur so you can take care of them fast. It would be great to have a setup that automatically monitors your application. Enter AppSignal!

In this article, we'll look at how to track errors in a Flask application using AppSignal. We'll first bootstrap a Flask project, and install and configure AppSignal. Then, we'll introduce some faulty code and demonstrate how to track and resolve errors using AppSignal's Errors dashboard. Let's get started!

As a fan of OpenTelemetry, I love to see Cribl meeting customers where they are and helping them get to where they want to be with a vendor-agnostic approach. Where it is not possible or practical to re-instrument a telemetry source, whether an application or infrastructure, the barrier to adopting OpenTelemetry Signals can be daunting.

Recently, TechCrunch hosted a webinar titled, “Unleash the Full Potential of Your Time Series Data,” featuring a discussion with InfluxData Founder and CTO, Paul Dix, and AWS General Manager for Timestream and Neptune, Brad Bebee, moderated by InfluxData staff engineer, Andrew Lamb.

In the fast-paced realm of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), success starts with effective monitoring. Understanding the fundamental metrics is crucial for identifying and mitigating issues proactively. In this article, we’ll delve into the leading metrics frameworks — R.E.D., U.S.E., and the “Four Golden Signals” — which will provide you with a solid foundation to enhance your monitoring practices.

API monitoring is a process that involves regularly checking the status and performance of APIs to ensure they are functioning correctly. APIs are crucial for the internet, and businesses depend on them extensively. The well-being of APIs directly impacts business success.

We are thrilled to announce that OpManager has been awarded with three distinguished awards under the Network Monitoring category. These awards stand as a true testament to the trust we’ve cultivated among our users. OpManager’s ability to effectively address a wide range of IT challenges and provide users with a positive experience is a key factor in its success.