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InfluxDB provides many ways to collect data. The newest one is the Native Collector feature. But when should you use the native collector and when should you use a different option, like Telegraf? Gary Fowler uses MQTT to show the different options and why you might choose one over the other.

Setting up the InfluxDB native collector for MQTT is a simple, three step process. Here, Gary Fowler walks through the configuration process and discusses the different parsing options available to you.

InfluxDB is a schema-less database. But what if you *want* a schema for your time series data? Well, you can choose to enforce a schema at the bucket level. Here, Zoe Steinkamp covers the basics of schemas, and how to go about using explicit schemas in InfluxDB.

If you use Node.js, then the Node.js client library allows you to interact with the InfluxDB platform quickly, using a familiar language. Here, Zoe Steinkamp discusses some of the features of the Node.js client library to help you get started building awesome applications with InfluxDB even faster.

How DevOps and Platform Teams can focus on Innovation and Optimization?

SigNoz - Monitor your applications and troubleshoot problems in your deployed applications, an open-source alternative to DataDog, New Relic, etc.

Work free from distractions can be hard to find, especially with more of us working from home. A flow state is the most productive place you can be, and humans have recognized the benefits of flow for thousands of years. But in order to achieve a flow state, you need to be free of distractions. In today's digital environment, it's up to companies to architect spaces where their employees can thrive.

You've deployed all your services on Kubernetes, things are great!...but then the CrashLoopBackoff start appearing. So what's a CrashLoopBackoff, and how do you fix it?

Learn how Service Level Objectives (SLOs) help Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) and developers formalize reliability measures, and help them focus monitoring and troubleshooting by measuring what matters the most to end users.

The increasing complexity of IT infrastructure and the move to the cloud make ensuring a great application experience difficult.