Grafana k6 is a powerful, developer-friendly tool designed and engineered with a focus on load testing — but it boasts capabilities that extend far beyond that use case. Understanding the inner workings of k6 is helpful to fully leverage its potential, and to tailor the tool to your specific testing needs. Read on to learn how k6 is structured, and how its underlying design provides the best possible reliability and load testing experience.

The gaming industry has always been a highly lucrative and adored field. According to online gaming industry statistics, it is projected to surpass $33.77 billion by 2026. However, a downside emerges when governments impose substantial taxes on the income generated from gaming. It’s happening now. The Indian government has decided to impose a 28% tax on online gaming, which may lead to a funding shortage and a decrease in investor confidence.

This past weekend, the government of Iraq blocked the popular messaging app Telegram, citing the need to protect Iraqi’s personal data. However, when an Iraqi government network leaked out a BGP hijack used for the block, it became yet another BGP incident that was both intentional, but also accidental. Thankfully disruption was minimized by Telegram’s use of RPKI.

One of the most exciting things about bringing products to market at Cribl is seeing customers continually find new ways to leverage them to help solve their data challenges. I recently spoke to a customer who described Cribl as the foundation of their data management strategy and a key part of their post-acquisition data engineering process. Let’s take a deeper look into how Cribl can help.

Many organizations rely on service level objectives (SLOs) to help them gauge the reliability of their products. By setting SLOs that define clear and measurable reliability targets, businesses can ensure they are delivering positive end-user experiences to their customers. Clearly defined SLOs also make it much easier for businesses to understand what tradeoffs they may have to make in order to deliver those specific experiences.

This blog will help you learn all about restarting Kubernetes pods and give you some tips on troubleshooting issues you may encounter. Kubernetes pods are one of the most commonly used Kubernetes resources. Since all of your applications running on your cluster live in a pod, the sooner you learn all about pods, the better.