Database Performance Tuning: A Practical Guide for Production Systems
Tune PostgreSQL and MySQL for production with connection pooling, memory configuration, write path optimization, vacuum management, and lock contention fixes.
Preeti Dewani
Traces Are Not Your Business Logic
Distributed traces track how your system processed a single request — not what your customers did over time. Confusing the two leads to poorly instrumented systems.
Mukta Aphale
SQL Query Optimization: Techniques That Actually Improve Performance
Find and fix slow SQL queries using execution plans, missing index detection, N+1 pattern fixes, and pagination strategies for PostgreSQL and MySQL.
Sahil Khan
Database Indexing: How It Works, Types, and When to Use It
How database indexes work, when to use B-tree vs hash indexes, clustered vs non-clustered indexes, and how to tell if your indexes are actually helping.
Faiz Shaikh
Stop Flying Blind: Synthetic Monitoring, Host heat-maps, and Process-Level Visibility
Most teams learn about outages from customers. Synthetic monitoring, host heat-maps, and AI streaming help you know before being told.
Nishant Modak
High Cardinality Metrics: How Prometheus and ClickHouse Handle Scale
Prometheus pays for high cardinality metrics at write time. ClickHouse pays at query time. Neither solves it : they fail differently. Here's how to choose.
Aditya Godbole
Preeti Dewani
Logs vs Metrics: A Practical Guide for Engineers
Metrics tell you something is wrong. Logs tell you what is wrong. A practical guide on when to use each for effective observability.
Mukta Aphale
New Relic Pricing: Plans, Data Costs & How to Cut Your Bill
New Relic charges per user ($99-$349/month) plus per GB of data ingested ($0.40/GB after 100 GB free). A team of 5 engineers with 500 GB/month pays $650-$2,000. See full cost breakdowns and 5 ways to save.
Tripad Mishra
Sentry Pricing: Full Breakdown, Real Cost Examples & How to Save
Sentry pricing starts free (5K errors/month) and scales to $80/month on the Business plan. Actual costs depend on error volume, tracing spans, and session replays. See real cost examples and 5 ways to cut your bill.
Faiz Shaikh