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Top 7 Application Performance Monitoring Tools

Top 13 Application Performance Monitoring Tools

Discover 7 reliable APM tools that help you monitor performance, spot issues early, and keep your applications running without surprises.

Anjali Udasi
Anjali Udasi
Log Format Standards: JSON, XML, and Key-Value Explained

Log Format Standards: JSON, XML, and Key-Value Explained

A practical look at common log format standards, how JSON, XML, and key-value logs work, and when to use each in production systems.

Faiz Shaikh
Faiz Shaikh
PostgreSQL Performance: Faster Queries and Better Throughput

PostgreSQL Performance Tuning: Cut Query Latency 50-80%

Slow Postgres queries killing your app? Learn proven tuning techniques for indexes, VACUUM, connection pooling, and query optimization. Real fixes that cut latency 50-80%.

Faiz Shaikh
Faiz Shaikh
What are Application Metrics?

What are Application Metrics?

Application metrics are key performance signals, like latency, error rate, and throughput, that help you understand how your app behaves in production.

Anjali Udasi
Anjali Udasi
Jaeger Monitoring: Essential Metrics and Alerting for Production Tracing Systems

Jaeger Monitoring: Essential Metrics and Alerting for Production Tracing Systems

Monitor Jaeger in production with core metrics and alerting rules, track trace completion, queue depth, and storage performance at scale.

Anjali Udasi
Anjali Udasi
Why Your Loki Metrics Are Disappearing (And How to Fix It)

Why Your Loki Metrics Are Disappearing (And How to Fix It)

Diagnose missing Loki metrics by fixing recording rule gaps, remote write failures, and high-cardinality issues in production setups.

Faiz Shaikh
Faiz Shaikh
Auto-Instrument Your Applications Using OTel Injector

OTel Updates: Auto-Instrument Your Apps with the OTel Injector

Automatically instrument your apps on Linux with the OTel Injector, no code changes, minimal setup, and support for Java, Node.js, Python, and .NET.

Anjali Udasi
Anjali Udasi
OTel Weaver: Consistent Observability with Semantic Conventions

OTel Updates: Weaver for Consistent Observability with Semantic Conventions

Achieve consistent, reliable observability with OTel Weaver, validate and standardize telemetry using semantic conventions at ingest.

Anjali Udasi
Anjali Udasi
How Prometheus 3.0 Fixes Resource Attributes for OTel Metrics

OTel Updates: How Prometheus 3.0 Fixes Resource Attributes for OTel Metrics

Prometheus 3.0 supports resource attribute promotion for OpenTelemetry metrics, enabling direct labeling without `target_info` joins.

Anjali Udasi
Anjali Udasi