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At Rollbar we love workflow automation. With our new Notifications API, you can automate setting up of custom notification rules for all your Rollbar projects. As more of our customers switch to microservices, we wanted to build a programmatic way to set up these rules for multiple projects or services in just a few seconds, without having to go to the UI.

The other day I found myself trying to tune a Ruby on Rails app I had written as a side project. (The app lets me keep track of my favorite eateries and pubs. It’s searchable, includes multiple images, and has stored locations.) On past projects, I relied on SolarWinds® Papertrail™, path testing, a lot of trial and error, and a general feel to try to improve performance. This time I thought I would give SolarWinds AppOptics™ Dev Edition a try.

Imagine driving on the freeway in a (partially) self-driving car like a Tesla. While you drive the car, you come across things you would expect like trees, lampposts and other cars but also things that don't belong there like trash floating around. Meanwhile, radars and sensors in the car are working hard to make sure you don't crash because of these things. If you see the freeway as your fast-changing IT environment, then all the things that don't belong there are anomalies.

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