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Stories, guides, and lessons from the world of observability

Microservices Monitoring with the RED Method

Microservices Monitoring with the RED Method

This blog introduces the RED method—an approach that simplifies microservices monitoring by honing in on requests, errors, and latency.

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Prathamesh Sonpatki

Prathamesh Sonpatki

Kube-state-metrics

kube-state-metrics: Your Guide to Kubernetes Observability

This guide provides an in-depth look at its setup and usage, helping you monitor and manage your Kubernetes clusters more efficiently.

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Prathamesh Sonpatki

Prathamesh Sonpatki

Anjali Udasi

Anjali Udasi

Instrumenting fasthttp with OpenTelemetry

Instrumenting fasthttp with OpenTelemetry: A Complete Guide

We cover everything from initial setup to practical tips for monitoring and improving your fasthttp applications. Follow along to enhance your observability and get a clearer view of your app’s performance.

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Tushar Choudhari

Tushar Choudhari

PromQL: A Developer's Guide to Prometheus Query Language

PromQL: A Developer's Guide to Prometheus Query Language

Our developer’s guide breaks down Prometheus Query Language in an easy-to-understand way, helping you monitor and analyze your metrics like a pro.

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Gabriel Diaz

Gabriel Diaz

PromQL for Beginners

PromQL for Beginners: Getting Started with Prometheus

New to Prometheus? My PromQL beginner's guide teaches you how to write queries, understand data types, and use key functions.

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Gabriel Diaz

Gabriel Diaz

Implementing Hot Reload for OpenTelemetry Collector: A Step-by-Step Guide

Hot Reload for OpenTelemetry Collector: Step-by-Step Guide

Learn to enable hot reload for the OpenTelemetry Collector to update configurations on the fly, improving your observability system's agility.

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Prathamesh Sonpatki

Prathamesh Sonpatki

OpenTelemetry Filelog Receiver: Collecting Kubernetes Logs

OpenTelemetry Filelog Receiver: Collecting Kubernetes Logs

Learn to configure, optimize, and troubleshoot log collection from various sources including syslog and application logs. Discover advanced parser operator techniques for robust observability.

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Prathamesh Sonpatki

Prathamesh Sonpatki

What is Prometheus

What is Prometheus

What is Prometheus, how to use it and challenges of scaling Prometheus

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Gabriel Diaz

Gabriel Diaz

Python Logging Best Practices: The Ultimate Guide

Python Logging: The Complete Guide with Best Practices

Stop printing debug statements. Learn Python logging with proper log levels, formatters, handlers, and file rotation. Includes structlog, JSON logging, and production-ready patterns.

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Anjali Udasi

Anjali Udasi