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Round Robin escalation policies: do's and don'ts

The concept of Round Robin comes from sports. And it has nothing to do with anyone called Robin, but the french word ruban (ribbon). In a Round Robin tournament, all participants face each other by taking turns. When applied to on-call schedules, a Round Robin escalation policy means that responders assigned to a level will take turns responding to alerts. When is this strategy useful and when isn’t?

Maximizing Cost Efficiency in AWS Cloud Environments: Leveraging Synthetic Monitoring Tools for Real-Time Insights

Find out how synthetic monitoring improves cost efficiency in AWS Cloud environments. Discover the advantages, tools, and best practices for maximizing AWS resources and raising performance.

Kubernetes Migration from Day Minus One (-1) to Day Two (2)

Kubernetes is now much past a hyped-up buzzword and has become nearly the de facto platform for microservices, enabling the flexibility and scalability modern engineering organizations require. It’s no surprise then that many organizations still running on legacy platforms are exploring how to migrate to cloud-native platforms like Kubernetes.

15 Datadog Alternatives Worth Your Consideration

As an engineer or CTO, you already know that monitoring your tech stack is essential for maintaining optimal performance, security, and health. The thing is, building and hosting an observability platform for your full stack’s logs, metrics, and more is quite time-consuming and can be costly. One of the top contenders if you are seeking a SaaS-based monitoring and observability tool is Datadog. Perhaps you already use Datadog but would like to switch to another observability platform.

7 Common DevOps Mistakes to Avoid in 2024

Adopting DevOps practices can be a game changer for startups, offering a bridge between development speed and operational stability that can accelerate growth. Yet, many startups falter in their DevOps journey, making preventable errors that undermine their potential advantages. Let’s discuss seven common DevOps mistakes that startups make, providing practical insights on how to avoid these pitfalls and maximize the benefits of DevOps practices for startups.

CI/CD observability: A rich, new opportunity for OpenTelemetry

Continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) are the backbone of modern software delivery, but there’s still limited visibility into their processes. Here’s how that’s changing with OpenTelemetry (OTel), and why those changes are so exciting.

Doing DevOps Your Way On SaaS Solutions: Connecting JFrog CLI to Your JFrog Workers

In our previous blog post, we explored JFrog Workers, a JFrog Cloud Platform service that allows you to create customized workers that can respond to events in the platform. These workers can perform various tasks, from running code to adjusting functions, giving you more flexibility and control over your workflows. Allowing you to automate processes and streamline your development pipeline in a serverless execution environment.

Deploy React to Azure Web Apps

React is an open source JavaScript library known for its simplicity and incredible performance when creating an interactive user interface. React has gained wide adoption from web developers and reputable companies. While there are other frameworks in the JavaScript ecosystem, React is often the first choice when it comes to user interface and frontend business logic.