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ObserveNow, the leading open source-based observability stack, has recently enhanced its capabilities with the introduction of Span Filtering – a key feature in its latest upgrade to Grafana 10.4. This advancement significantly improves the platform’s ability to dissect and analyze traces, which are crucial for understanding the behavior and performance of distributed systems.

When it comes to improving your coding workflow, Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions are a fan favorite among devs worldwide. Well-known extensions like Prettier for code formatting, ESLint for identifying and fixing problems, and Live Server for launching a local server are fantastic, but there are plenty of hidden gems offering unique features these popular tools don’t cover. We turned to Reddit to find out which lesser-known VS Code extensions the community’s talking about.

There’s a reason why observability and incident response practices have become standard across modern software development. Anyone wanting to minimize downtime and deliver reliable, available applications needs to have fully instrumented systems and playbooks so they can respond quickly and effectively to outages or incidents. But there’s another piece to the reliability puzzle: resilience testing.

Containerization has deeply changed the way applications are built, deployed, and managed. Containers include both an application and its dependencies, enabling consistent and efficient deployment across diverse environments. However, as applications scale and become more complex, managing numerous containers manually becomes increasingly challenging. Container orchestration streamlines the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Building a standardized open-source resource across instrumentation, query, and alerting pipelines to start your monitoring journey with Prometheus.

Website owners often use a single version of their domain to improve SEO and user experience. Redirecting the www version of a domain to the non-www version (or vice versa) is common. For Nginx users, setting up this redirection needs specific configuration. This article explains how to redirect www to non-www using Nginx, helping you keep a consistent domain structure for your website.

The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) is an information resource provided by the U.S. government that catalogs security vulnerabilities in a standardized, searchable format. It includes databases containing software and hardware products, their known security flaws (including misconfigurations), as well as their severity and impact. The NVD is an important resource for IT professionals to stay up-to-date with potential security concerns in their IT infrastructure.

At BugSplat, we’re constantly striving to enhance our platform to meet the evolving needs of our users. We’re excited to introduce our latest feature: Custom Attributes. This powerful addition allows developers to attach any number of custom attributes to crash reports, making BugSplat more customizable to your individual use case and enabling deeper integration with your projects.

As AI continues to evolve, it brings about a paradigm shift in how businesses handle data. The AI data fabric, a critical component of this transformation, acts as a cohesive layer that integrates data from various sources, facilitating seamless data access and management. However, monitoring this intricate system presents a unique set of challenges for business and IT leaders. Understanding these challenges is paramount to leveraging the full potential of AI data fabrics. Want to learn more?

“You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” they say. What if you measure something, but eventually can’t manage it to achieve customer satisfaction? Let’s talk about the reliability of KPIs in IT service management.