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Key metrics for monitoring Airflow

Airflow is a popular open source platform that enables users to author, schedule, and monitor workflows programmatically. Airflow helps teams run complex pipelines that require task orchestration, dependency management, and efficient scheduling across many different tools. It’s particularly useful for creating data processing pipelines, orchestrating task-based workflows such as machine learning (ML) training, and running cloud services.

Deep Temporal Observability | SigNoz Launch Week 4.0 Day 1

If Temporal powers your business-critical workflows, you know how tough it is to get real visibility into what’s happening under the hood. Most tools only show basic Prometheus metrics-leaving you guessing about bottlenecks, failures, and performance issues. Join us for a live demo of SigNoz’s industry-first Temporal integration. We’ll show you how to: Whether you’re running Temporal in production or just exploring workflow orchestration, this session will show you how to move from “just metrics” to true, unified observability.

Microsoft Outlook rolls out stricter email authentication requirements for high-volume senders to enhance security

Microsoft Outlook.com (which includes hotmail.com, live.com, and outlook.com) is implementing new email authentication procedures in an attempt to improve email security and preserve customer confidence. These modifications, which came into effect on May 5, 2025, are intended especially for high-volume senders, or those who send more than 5,000 emails every day.

Community and Collaboration: Lessons from Gaming - SolarWinds TechPod 098

This episode explores the intersection of gaming, particularly MMOs, and its impact on workplace dynamics. Dr. Melika Shirmohammadi and Mostafa Ayoobzadeh join hosts Chrystal Taylor and Sean Sebring to discuss their motivations for studying the positive aspects of gaming, the skills that can be transferred to professional environments, and the social stigma surrounding gaming as a hobby.

Workshop: Mobile App Monitoring Platforms Don't Have To Be Noisy

Debugging mobile apps shouldn’t mean drowning in alerts or spelunking through logs just to figure out why your app stuttered or froze. Most tools flood you with noise and leave you guessing. In this workshop, we’ll show you how to use Sentry to cut through the noise and zero in on what actually matters—whether it’s jank from blocked main threads, ANRs in production, dropped frames during scroll, or regressions that somehow made it to production.

Metrics Explorer - Search, Query, and Analyze all your Metrics at one place

If you’ve ever found yourself staring at a dashboard dropdown, wondering, “What metrics am I even sending to my observability tool?”, you’re not alone. For most engineering teams, answering even the most basic telemetry questions is about as hard as catching a Mewtwo. Frustratingly elusive and way more complicated than it should be, like: We built Metrics Explorer to finally answer all of these questions instantly, and in one place.

How to Monitor PowerShell Activity and Detect PowerShell Exploitation Vulnerabilities

Why should you monitor PowerShell?…. PowerShell is a powerful automation tool, however its capabilities also make it a prime target for exploitation by cyber attackers. Implementing a robust, automated PowerShell monitoring solution is now essential to detect and prevent exploitation attacks before they compromise your systems. PowerShell is a powerful scripting tool that can automate tasks and manage systems, but its flexibility also makes it a target for abuse.

An Introduction to Ecto for Elixir Monitoring with AppSignal

Database performance can make or break your Elixir application. While Ecto provides a powerful toolkit for database interactions, understanding how these operations perform in production is critical. Whether you're dealing with slow queries, connection pool issues, or mysterious N+1 problems, the ability to effectively monitor and optimize your database operations can be the difference between a sluggish application and one that delights your users.

5 Must-Have Python Plugins for InfluxDB 3 Core & Enterprise

InfluxDB 3 is our latest time series database built for real-time analytics and high-volume data. Its Python Processing Engine lets developers run custom scripts known as plugins to process data, trigger alerts, or integrate with external systems via HTTP web requests. To demonstrate what’s possible, we’ve developed several plugins, all of which are available in the influxdb3_plugins GitHub repository. This public repo is open for anyone to use, modify, and contribute to.