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Syslog Checks: How to find Insights in the Data Flood

Every SysAdmin knows the feeling. They are swimming in logs—terabytes of them. Every daemon, service, and kernel subsystem religiously writing their activities to syslog. The data exists. The signals are there. Yet, somehow, incidents still are still unpredictable. How is this even possible? Here's why this happens: Traditional syslog infrastructure was designed for storage and retrieval, not detection and response.

How to Generate a New Puppet Module with VS Code and GitHub Copilot

Revolutionize your infrastructure by leveraging AI tooling in the Puppet ecosystem. In this technical demonstration, we explore how to significantly reduce the time required to create new Puppet modules using Visual Studio Code, GitHub Copilot, and the Puppet Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.

6 Underused Git Commands That Save Time

Git is full of underused powers that most developers never discover. In this GitKon 2025 session, GitKraken Senior Product Manager Jonathan Silva reveals 6 lesser-known Git commands that solve real workflow pain points, from recovering lost commits to managing stashes strategically. Learn how to undo commits without losing work, recover deleted branches with git reflog, cherry-pick without immediate commits, target specific stashes, see contributor breakdowns, and more. Jonathan also demonstrates how GitKraken Desktop makes these workflows visual and intuitive.

Follow-the-sun and other on-call models

Most teams run on-call using rotation-based schedules where responsibility shifts every few days or weeks. But some situations call for different models that change who responds based on time zones, expertise, or the type of incident that triggers. This guide walks you through six on-call models that work outside the standard rotation patterns.

5 Offbeat on-call rotations that work

Most teams choose standard on-call patterns like weekly or daily rotations. But sometimes a less conventional rotation can solve a specific problem or just fit better with how your team works. This guide walks you through five offbeat on-call rotations. For each, we look at why it might work for you and the challenges involved. This helps you see the full picture before you decide to try them out. Let’s dive in!

Why Upsun is the multi-cloud PaaS technical leaders are choosing in 2026

In a recent technical evaluation by Journal du Net (JDN), Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) was recognized for its ability to "pull ahead" (tire son épingle du jeu) in a fiercely competitive market dominated by cloud giants and specialized pure players. While hyperscalers offer raw power, Upsun’s strategic fusion of enterprise reliability and AI-ready agility has redefined expectations for modern PaaS.

Migration blueprint for moving your application without rewriting

The decision to migrate a production application is rarely about the destination. It is about the friction of the journey. For most engineering leaders, the word "migration" is a synonym for "refactor." The industry has conditioned us to assume that moving to a modern cloud platform requires throwing away years of stable configuration, learning a new proprietary DSL, and rewriting core application logic to fit a specific container or serverless model.

How frictionless development created a trillion dollar mistake

We've all heard from an engineering leader about the exact moment they realized their architecture had gotten too complex. It usually happens when they look at a service map and realize it looks like a box of tangled Christmas lights. This cognitive overload is exactly what Steve Evans, the former SVP of engineering at Chegg, reflected on in a recent post on LinkedIn. He argued that microservices were a trillion dollar mistake because we often over-build for future problems that never actually arrive.