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Introducing relaxAI by Civo: The AI Assistant That Puts Your Data First

May 7, 2025 By Civo In Civo
Learn how relaxAI, our cutting-edge AI assistant, can help you unlock the full potential of artificial intelligence with a focus on data privacy and security. With its advanced LLM models and user-friendly interface, relaxAI is designed to make AI more accessible and powerful for businesses and individuals alike. In this video, Ben Norris, AI Engineer at Civo, will take a closer look at the features and capabilities of relaxAI and show you how it can help you streamline your workflow, improve productivity, and drive innovation.
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cloudzero

AWS Forecasting: A Practical How-To Guide

May 7, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Running cloud infrastructure without forecasting is a lot like operating a delivery company without checking the weather. You might plan for smooth traffic and sunny skies, only to be hit with a sudden storm, delays, and unexpected costs. The same happens when your cloud usage spikes and your AWS bill catches you off guard. For engineers, CTOs, and CFOs alike, AWS forecasting isn’t just about estimating future costs.
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metricfire

Easiest Way to Monitor Loki Performance With Telegraf

May 6, 2025 By Benjamin Pitts In MetricFire
Loki is a powerful, scalable log aggregation system designed by Grafana to efficiently collect, store, and query logs. It’s often deployed alongside Prometheus as part of modern observability stacks. Loki’s design emphasizes cost-effective storage by indexing only metadata, which makes it a great choice for high-volume environments. But while Loki excels at log ingestion and indexing, many teams overlook the critical task of monitoring Loki itself.
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Platform Engineering with a Product Management Mindset: 10x Your Developer Experience - Jabed Amin

May 6, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
In this 5-minute session, Jabed Amin, Developer Relations at Cortex.io, will explain how platform engineers can enhance their impact by treating their Internal Developer Portal as a product. By understanding internal customers’ needs, prioritizing features, and ensuring a seamless developer experience, platform engineers can 10x their team’s productivity. Join us to discover how adopting this mindset can transform your platform engineering efforts into a high-impact, developer-centric initiative that empowers your teams and drives organizational success.
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last9

SQL Server Observability: Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Best Practices

May 6, 2025 By Preeti Dewani In Last9
For DevOps teams managing mission-critical databases, SQL Server observability is a fundamental capability that provides comprehensive insight into database performance and health. Effective observability practices enable teams to identify potential issues before they impact end users and provide the context necessary to resolve problems efficiently. SQL Server observability involves collecting and analyzing metrics, logs, and traces to build a complete picture of database behavior.
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last9

The Definitive Guide to OpenTelemetry Exporters for High-Performance Monitoring

May 6, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
In modern distributed architectures, observability has shifted from optional to necessary. OpenTelemetry has emerged as the standard framework for telemetry data collection, with exporters serving as the critical bridge to your backend monitoring systems. For developers at any stage—those new to observability practices or those refining existing monitoring setups—a solid grasp of OpenTelemetry exporters will significantly reduce debugging time and improve system visibility.
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gitkraken

GitKraken Desktop 11.1: Auto-gen PR Title & Descriptions, Stash Messages, & More

May 6, 2025 By Jonathan Silva In GitKraken
Tasteful AI features? Is that even a thing? With GitKraken Desktop 11.1, we think we’ve struck the right balance of adding useful AI capabilities that stay out of your way until you actually need them. In our previous release, we introduced GitKraken AI, which helps explain selected commits and generate commit messages. With 11.1, we’re building on that foundation with two major enhancements that bring even more context-aware assistance to your workflow.
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puppet

Why Patching is Important: The Risks of Ignoring It & How to Stay Ahead of Patch Management This Year

May 6, 2025 By Puppet In Puppet
Let's face it: no one likes patching. For some IT ops teams, it's such a burden that it's easy to forget why patching is important. Lots of teams put off patching until it's deemed absolutely necessary, like a vital app update or a piece of critical software going EOL. We all know ignoring patches, or letting them pile up, is a bad practice. Read this blog to remind yourself why patching is crucial, what can happen if you don't patch, and how to stop putting it off.
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