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Use Grok parsing to extract fields from logs | Datadog Tips & Tricks

Nov 12, 2025 By Datadog In Datadog

When your logs don’t follow a standard format, it can be difficult to extract valuable information, like key-value pairs and nested JSON objects. Grok parsing lets you define flexible patterns that match unstructured log data so you can extract specific fields to query, filter, and visualize. In this video, you’ll learn how to: By refining your Grok parsers, you can make your logs more useful for analytics, dashboards, or alerts, and get even more value from your logs.

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Secure File Operations in Go with os.Root: Preventing Path Traversal

Nov 12, 2025 By Eric Lippmann In Icinga

Go’s os.Root feature, introduced in Go 1.24, is designed to improve filesystem security by restricting operations to a specific directory, making it much harder for attackers to exploit path traversal vulnerabilities.

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Unit Test Your Telemetry - OTel Weaver at KubeCon 2025

Nov 12, 2025 By Splunk In Splunk

Stop letting typos or OTel SDK updates break your production dashboards! This KubeCon 2025 talk introduced Otel Weaver, a new tool that lets you live-check your OpenTelemetry data before you merge. It's unit testing for your telemetry.

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OTel Updates: OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) Hits Alpha

Nov 12, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9

Some parts of a system don’t lend themselves to quick instrumentation changes. You might have a production binary that hasn’t been rebuilt in years, or a stack made of several languages where each team manages telemetry differently. In those situations, getting consistent signals often means touching code you’d rather leave alone or coordinating updates across many services. OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) approaches this from the kernel side.

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If it Wanted to, it Would: The Bitter Lesson for LLM Users

Nov 12, 2025 By Hannah Henderson In Honeycomb

There’s a viral saying folks use about flaky crushes, spouses, and forgetful friends: "if he wanted to, he would." The idea is straightforward: when someone cares, they make the effort. As it turns out, the same principle applies surprisingly well to AI. Systems, like people, have things they "want" to do. Each model has patterns of reasoning and synthesis it performs naturally.

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Using Sentry Logs to Debug a Dynamic Sampling Issue

Nov 12, 2025 By Simon Hellmayr In Sentry

Some of the team at Sentry spent this past quarter fixing bugs, more than 800 to be exact. Among them was a complex issue causing transaction spikes in our own Sentry project. Using Sentry Logs, we were able to investigate, trace the root cause, and resolve the problem.

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What is Active Telemetry

Nov 12, 2025 By Mezmo In Mezmo

Active Telemetry is the evolution in how organizations collect, process, and use observability data. In traditional observability, telemetry is passive: systems emit logs, metrics, and traces that are stored and visualized after the fact. This model worked when systems were simpler and changes were predictable. But in today’s world with distributed microservices, Kubernetes, and AI workloads, passive telemetry can’t keep up. Active Telemetry changes that.

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Conquer Complexity, Accelerate Resolution with the AI Troubleshooting Agent in Splunk Observability Cloud

Nov 12, 2025 By Michael Raich In Splunk

The digital landscape has transformed dramatically, and with it, the demands on our systems have grown exponentially. Traditional monitoring tools struggle to provide sufficient insight into complex, distributed, cloud-native environments. Observability is the answer, moving beyond merely knowing "what" is happening to understanding "why" it's happening, and its impact on user experience and business outcomes.

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Redgate Software recognized as a Strong Performer in Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Infrastructure Monitoring Software

Nov 12, 2025 By Carly Meichen In Redgate

We’re thrilled to share that Redgate Software has been recognized as a ‘Strong Performer’ in the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Infrastructure Monitoring Tools category with our Redgate Monitor solution. We believe this recognition is a reflection of the trust and feedback from the people who matter most: our customers.

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Top DevOps Challenges in 2025 and How APM Solves Them

Nov 12, 2025 By Pavithra Parthiban In Atatus

In 2025, DevOps continues to grow and change quickly, helping teams deliver software faster and more securely. But as systems become more complex with microservices, cloud platforms, and AI-driven tools, new challenges arise. Teams now need to balance speed with security, manage too many tools, control rising cloud costs, and still maintain high-quality software. This is where Application Performance Monitoring (APM) becomes essential.

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