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As companies evolve and grow, so do the number of applications, databases, devices, cloud locations, and users. Often, this comes from teams adding tools instead of replacing them. As security teams solve individual problems, this tool adoption leads to disorganization, digital chaos, data silos, and information overload. Even worse, it means organizations have no way to correlate data confidently. By centralizing log data, you can overcome the data silos that tool proliferation creates.

Debugging is a frequently performed task not just for general software developers but also for game developers. During a debugging process of a game, most issues can be identified by simulating a code walkthrough.

In the last 2 parts of this series around improving performance in your Django applications, we focused on database and code optimizations. In part 3, we will focus on ways to improve the frontend speed of our Django applications by using the following.

Kubernetes 1.25 is about to be released, and it comes packed with novelties! Where do we begin? This release brings 40 enhancements, on par with the 46 in Kubernetes 1.24 and 45 in Kubernetes 1.23. Of those 46 enhancements, 13 are graduating to Stable, 10 are existing features that keep improving, 15 are completely new, and two are deprecated features.

Sustainable technology has become a hot topic in the tech world over the past few years. From the escalating environmental impact of heat and water-intensive activities like crypto mining and chip production to carbon taxes to sustainability becoming a pillar in the AWS Well-Architected Framework, there’s plenty of issues to talk about, but conversations become marked quieter when you shift to discussing solutions.

Building and utilizing modern applications now essentially requires APIs. They are a crucial component of every company's automated workflow, and as more customers depend on your APIs to power their applications, the demand for them to be trustworthy is growing. Your business will suffer if its performance, availability, or health degrades, thus proactive API monitoring is essential to ensure its dependability. We'll go through the most important API metrics in this article.

The complexity of today’s workplace technology means that all of our environments are incredibly unique. Two organizations may use the same platforms and applications, but the tactics we use to implement these tools are all unique to our own goals and business needs. But all of us who work in IT and engineering can agree: our companies’ success hinges on our ability to keep our environments running smoothly. I’m a senior engineer at the pharmaceutical company AbbVie.

Grafana 9.1 is here! Get Grafana 9.1 We’ve made a number of improvements to Grafana’s usability, data visualization, and security. For a full list of new features and capabilities, check out our What’s New in Grafana 9.1 documentation. You can get started with Grafana in minutes with Grafana Cloud. We have a generous free forever tier as well as plans to suit every use case — sign up for free now. Here are some of the highlights in Grafana 9.1.