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The weather’s getting colder, the days are getting shorter, and we’re looking back on a year of change and growth with gratitude in our hearts. As we get ready for the new year, we wanted to share some of the ways in which we saw users expand what’s possible with Cortex in 2022, and highlight some of our favorite new features.

DevOps is one of the core pillars of any organization. As the company grows, its processes also scale to absorb the new growth. Scaling DevOps is inevitable for any organization's growth. You cannot scale consistently if your DevOps processes involve a lot of manual steps and take much time to deliver new projects. A scalable DevOps means the system can expand automatically during a high workload and shrink back when the needs are reduced to normal.

Most Linux users will be faced with sudo and su at least once in their lives. Because of their comparable syntax and overlapping functions, it is often complicated for new users to differentiate between them. The commands sudo and su are among the most widespread and effective in Linux. By deterring unpredictable things in your network, you can deter performance and safety issues in your network. The two methods of gaining root privileges are sudo and su.

The Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2023 report makes predictions across a number of industries for the coming year. Here are the ones that excite us the most.

Applications and servers need to be constantly monitored to prevent failure and also be able to detect issues on time. This blog post outlines how developers can use Prometheus to monitor applications on AWS EC2 instances.

Over the years, as companies have moved from monolith to cloud-native architectures, maintaining high availability has become more challenging. After all, today’s IT ecosystems are complex, distributed and ephemeral, making it increasingly difficult (and, in many cases, downright impossible) for DevOps practitioners and SREs to identify and fix issues manually.

State of DevOps moderator Ciara Carey recaps the Dec 15 session.

While many people may have a basic understanding of virtual reality (VR), most are not as familiar with the concept of augmented reality (AR). Virtual reality is a completely immersive experience that separates the viewer from the physical world through the use of a VR device that the user wears. In contrast, augmented reality typically uses a camera on a smartphone to add digital elements to a live view.