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Custom Java Instrumentation with OpenTelemetry

Discover how to gain unparalleled visibility and traceability into your applications with our latest video! As an expansion of our blog post, this tutorial dives into the world of Site Reliability Engineering and IT Operations, guiding you step-by-step through the process of implementing a plugin for the OpenTelemetry Java Agent using its Extensions framework.

Exploring distributed vs centralized incident command models

Recently in our Better Incidents Slack channel, there’s been some chatter around how people structure dedicated incident commanders at their company: distributed or centralized. The way I see it, there are two types of commanders: the temporary, distributed role — a hat that an on-call engineer or an engineering manager puts on during an incident. Then there’s the centralized, full-time role, where someone is the designated incident commander (or one of a few) for all incidents.

Stop the death march for your developers

Stop the death march for your developers. Developer toil directly leads to burnout, say software engineering leaders from LaunchDarkly, Okteto, Atlassian and Sleuth. And burnout leads to devs leaving your team. Don't let that happen -- remove toil. Give Sleuth a try and see how we empower software teams to build faster by making engineering efficiency easy to improve and measurable — in a way that both managers and developers love.

BigPanda's Resources for Navigating Change Through the AI Revolution

AI has revolutionized the way we engage online in 2023. From Chat GPT and AI Art Generators to healthcare, finance, and business, you can hardly read the news without reading the latest proclamation of how AI is poised to change every aspect of our lives. AI has brought fundamental changes to how we live and work, and we’re still scrambling to understand the impacts of these changes. Especially where their work is concerned, change can be difficult for people to embrace.

Announcing In-Place Upgrade from Ubuntu Server to Ubuntu Pro on Azure

We are pleased to share that Azure is now offering an in-place upgrade from Ubuntu Server to Ubuntu Pro. This functionality, made possible through our strategic partnership with Azure, provides a straightforward way to leverage the advanced features and extended security maintenance of Ubuntu Pro, all without redeploying your Virtual Machine (VM) or scheduling a maintenance window.

Getting Started with PagerDuty

In this video you will achieve a baseline understanding of what PagerDuty does and how to configure your PagerDuty account. To dive deeper into the PagerDuty platform, select relevant topics in our complimentary on-demand e-learning center at university.pagerduty.com. The PagerDuty Operations Cloud is essential infrastructure that detects and diagnoses disruptive events, mobilizes the right team members to respond, and automates workflows across your digital operations - so that your business moves forward, faster. Get started now!

Elasticsearch Vs OpenSearch | Comparing Elastic and AWS Search Engines

🔍 In this video, we will explore the differences between OpenSearch vs. Elasticsearch. We will look at the history of opensearch, compare performances, ecosystems, and much more. Brought to you by Sematext – your cloud monitoring and centralized logging solution.

Ship faster by integrating AI into your Bitbucket workflow

AI tools have taken the world by storm. In April, we announced Atlassian Intelligence to bring the power of AI into our tools. Leveraging AI through internal models and our collaboration with OpenAI, Atlassian Intelligence will be built into the Atlassian suite of tools, including Bitbucket Cloud.