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Common Prometheus pitfalls and ways to handle them.

In the dynamic world of software development, where collaboration and version control are paramount, it’s important to have the right tools to be able to support you. GitLens is a powerful Visual Studio Code extension that can help shed light on the intricacies of your Git workflow. In this blog post, we will introduce you to GitLens and some of its amazing features.

This third installment of the “Succeeding with Backstage” series explores how you can improve the adoption of Backstage within your organization. The previous two parts dealt with customizing the look and feel of Backstage and creating and maintaining custom plugins.

This final article in the “Succeeding with Backstage” series focuses on how you can incorporate Backstage as part of a broader developer productivity engineering (DPE) initiative. The previous parts dealt with customizing the look and feel of Backstage, creating and maintaining custom plugins, and improving Backstage adoption.

When you enter a query in SharePoint Online‘s search box, you are tapping into a complex system designed to interpret your needs and retrieve the most relevant content. It’s a system built not only to understand what you’re looking for but also to respect the security and organization of your company’s data. By mastering SharePoint Online’s advanced search capabilities, you unlock the potential to transform vast data stores into actionable insights swiftly.

Developers are builders by nature (and profession), so many take pride in building their own solutions to problems from first principles, often using tools developed in open-source projects. So as Internal Developer Portals (IDPs) increased in popularity, it should come as no surprise that interest in open source IDPs increased in kind. While we may not yet have a fully opensource IDP platform, in this blog we’ll cover the open source components and platforms used to build IDPs from scratch.

Selecting the right Internal Developer Platform (IDP) is a critical decision that shapes the effectiveness of your software development team. An IDP empowers developers with the tools and environments necessary for efficient coding, testing, and deployment, resulting in a streamlined development workflow. However, a poor choice can lead to substantial setbacks, reducing productivity and overall business efficiency. In this article, we will discuss the most common mistakes to avoid when selecting an IDP.