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Introducing Schedule Rotations: One Schedule, Many Rotations, Total Coverage

When coverage gets complicated, Schedule Rotations keeps it simple. On-call can get real messy, real fast. One minute you’ve got a neat little schedule for the two people rotating primary and secondary. Next thing you know, you’ve got engineers in three time zones, a new hire shadowing incidents, and your “simple” rotation has turned into a board game with no rules. So we fixed it.

How to monitor and manage front-end observability in Blackfire

In this video, we'll guide you through the process of monitoring and managing your usage of front-end observability features in Blackfire. Learn how to access your Browser usage dashboard to view browser traces collected per environment, track your quota consumption, and understand the concept of spike protection. You'll discover how Blackfire's automatic detection of abnormal traffic spikes protects your monthly quota and ensures continuous data collection.

How to Enable and Configure Front-end Observability in Blackfire

In this video, learn how to enable and configure Front-end Observability in Blackfire. The tutorial covers steps to enable features across multiple environments via the Organization settings / Front-end usage in the Blackfire dashboard. Control front-end observability by enabling or disabling Browser Monitoring and Analytics per environment, using a JavaScript probe and a unique browser key. The video emphasizes the importance of naming transactions and explains how to manually add tracking snippets to HTML for better control.

Zero Ticket Video Series: How to Automate Password Resets with Resolve

Struggling with repetitive IT tickets like password resets and account unlocks? You're not alone — these make up nearly 30% of all service desk requests. In this demo, learn how RITA, the AI-powered IT Agent from Resolve, can eliminate these issues entirely — no ticket required.

The Tech Behind Europe's Space Missions | Canonical x ESA

‎‎Subscribe. Fuel your curiosity. “Open source software is… the glue for everything that everyone does, from sending an email through to managing critical operations, not just space operations.” The European Space Agency (ESA) runs missions ranging from investigating Earth’s forests, to exploring Jupiter’s moons, to deflecting incoming asteroids.

Reliability is not about mythical perfection

See what reliability means to Ganesh Seetharaman, Managing Director at Deloitte, and why it's more than high uptime. Full transcript:  Reliability to me is not about achieving mythical perfection. It's about embracing complexity, recovering quickly from failures or incidents, and building trust through transparency and adaptability.

Scaling Online Game Infrastructure for High-Engagement PvM Content

The explosive popularity of player-versus-monster (PvM) content in online games brings significant backend challenges, particularly as titles scale globally. Instanced boss fights, real-time combat logic, and mass player concurrency demand robust, responsive server infrastructure that can scale both horizontally and vertically - without degrading the player experience.

From Wallpaper to Web Servers: How One Immigrant Switched from Walls to DevOps in Just Two Years

He landed in the U.S. with a suitcase, a scraper, and a strong back. No tech degree. No connections. Just a willingness to work and a sense that something bigger might be possible. At first, he did what he knew best - he worked as a wallpaper installer. The job was honest, physical, and surprisingly calming. "There's something meditative about smoothing out bubbles," he says. "But after a while, I realized I wanted to build something that didn't peel off the wall."

Set up preview deployments for pull requests using CircleCI and Vercel

Working in front-end development involves writing features and bug fixes in different branches. But how do you ensure that reviewers, testers, and other stakeholders find it easy to view changes? Using preview deployments is one solution. Preview deployments allow you to automatically create a live URL each time someone opens a pull request (PR). It’s like giving every branch its mini website so that changes can be tested and proven in isolation.