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Generative AI at Grafana Labs: what's new, what's next, and our vision for the open source community

As you’d imagine, generative AI has been a huge topic here at Grafana Labs. We’re excited about its potential role in bridging the gap between people and the beyond-human scale of observability data we work with every day. We’ve also been talking a lot about where open source fits in — especially if that Google researcher is right and OSS will outcompete OpenAI and friends. What role can we play to bring the community along?

How to upgrade from Aiven Free Tier

In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the process of upgrading services on the Aiven platform, empowering you to enhance the performance and capabilities of your databases. Upgrading services is essential for keeping your system up to date, benefiting from new features, and ensuring optimal performance. We'll explore how to initiate and manage service upgrades on Aiven, whether it's scaling your service, migrating to a new version, or upgrading your service plan.

Using Netlify to deploy a Next.js, PostgreSQL, & Redis app

Join us for a walk through from Dewan Ahmed about how use Netlify to deploy a Next.js, PostgreSQL, & Redis app 🎉 This tutorial guides you through deploying a Netlify web application with an Aiven for PostgreSQL® and Aiven for Redis® backend. The sample application used in this tutorial is a cooking recipe library displaying open source recipe data. It's built in Next.js, which can be deployed to Netlify with ease, and connects to PostgreSQL with Prisma and Redis with ioredis.

New report: The state of Calico Open Source 2023

We are excited to announce the publication of our 2023 State of Calico Open Source, Usage & Adoption report! The report compiles survey results from more than 1,200 Calico Open Source users from around the world, who are actively using Calico in their container and Kubernetes environments. It sheds light on how they are using Calico across various environments, while also highlighting different aspects of Calico’s adoption in terms of platforms, data planes, and policies.

Aiven PostgreSQL Service Maintenance Updates

In this video, we dive into maintenance updates on the Aiven platform, ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of your databases. Maintenance is a crucial aspect of database management, and we'll explore how Aiven handles scheduled maintenance tasks to minimize disruptions and optimize performance. ABOUT AIVEN Aiven’s cloud data platform helps your business reach its highest potential by making your data work for you.

Introduction to Klaw

This video goes over a few problems faced by Kafka based projects and how an open source toolkit like Klaw helps in addressing the issues. Klaw is an open source toolkit / a web application designed to automate the process of creating and managing Apache Kafka topics, authorizations, avro schemas and connectors. Useful links: ABOUT AIVEN Aiven’s cloud data platform helps your business reach its highest potential by making your data work for you.

Controlling Our Destiny: Building When Open-Source Is No Longer Open-Source

The dev world was on fire this weekend, as news of yet another major open-source project was revealed to be in the midst of an identity crisis. The unsettling trend is clear: hit a certain adoption threshold, and then swap the licensing in an attempt to turn dedicated fans into revenue streams. With more companies searching for a sustainable business model and attempting to appease shareholders, the only certainty we have is, what was free yesterday, might be paid tomorrow.

Monitoring Your Metrics with Aiven

In this tutorial, we'll explore the powerful monitoring capabilities offered by the Aiven platform. Monitoring metrics is crucial for ensuring the optimal performance and health of your databases. We'll dive into the various monitoring tools and features provided by Aiven, allowing you to track real-time metrics, analyze database performance, and gain valuable insights into your system. Whether it's monitoring CPU usage, query performance, or resource utilization, Aiven provides a comprehensive monitoring dashboard to help you stay informed and make data-driven decisions.

Getting Started with Users in pgAdmin and Aiven

In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the process of creating users both on pgAdmin, a powerful GUI tool for managing PostgreSQL databases, and the Aiven platform. User management is an essential aspect of database administration, and we'll show you how to add new users, define their roles and privileges, and configure authentication settings. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, this video provides a comprehensive guide to effectively create and manage users in your PostgreSQL environment.