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AI Diagnostics in Kentik NMS (Network Monitoring System)

Network problems are easy to spot. Proving root cause is the hard part — and it’s where most of MTTR gets burned. Kentik’s new AI diagnostics in the Network Monitoring System (NMS) close the gap between detection and diagnosis by bringing three capabilities directly into Kentik AI Advisor.

Get Observability in the Terminal, for You and Your Agents: gcx

The way you write code is changing, which means the way you observe your systems and respond to issues needs to change, too. Engineers today spend much of their day working via command line, as agentic tools like Cursor and Claude Code have become highly effective at handling many day-to-day engineering tasks. This greatly accelerates code generation, but it doesn't solve for the context switching that comes when you have to jump into another tool that's not part of this new, faster workflow.

OpenTelemetry VM Setup Guide: SigNoz Collection Agents Explained

About This Video: If you're working with OpenTelemetry, managing collector configurations across environments like VMs can quickly become difficult. In this video, we focus on VM-based setups and walk through how to configure SigNoz Collection Agents step by step. We start with an introduction to VM collection agents, then move into a practical project walkthrough using the OpenTelemetry demo. From there, we explore the documentation, set up configurations, run the collector, and finally validate everything inside SigNoz.

Your preview environment is lying to you

A customer asked me once, in the middle of a demo, "what is lorem ipsum?" That is the moment. The preview URL loaded. Every page rendered. The merge was clean, the build was green, the tests passed. And a customer I was trying to sell to was reading placeholder copy out loud on a shared screen. I've thought about that moment a lot. Not for the embarrassment, though I earned it. For what it told me about what a preview environment actually is, which is not what most of us think it is.

Prevent Merge Conflicts in Small Teams: 2026 Guide

Merge conflicts can bring a small team’s momentum to a grinding halt. You’re working on a feature, ready to push your changes, and suddenly Git throws up conflict markers that demand your attention. For smaller teams where everyone touches the same codebase, these interruptions stack up fast. This guide walks you through the root causes of frequent merge conflicts and gives you actionable tactics to prevent them.

GitLens vs VS Code Git Graph: Setup & Productivity

Picking the right VS Code Git extension can shape how you move through your codebase every day. GitLens and Git Graph both add visual Git tools to your editor, but they take different paths to get there. GitLens gives you deep context about every line of code – who wrote it, when, and why. Git Graph focuses on visualizing your commit history in a branching timeline. This article breaks down each extension so you can decide which one fits your workflow.

How to Choose GitFlow vs Trunk-Based in 7 Steps (2026)

Merge conflicts waste hours of development time every week. The Git branching strategy you pick directly shapes how often these conflicts appear and how painful they are to fix. GitKraken simplifies conflict resolution with visual tools that help you spot problems before they become blockers. This guide walks you through a step-by-step decision process for selecting between GitFlow and trunk-based development.