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Getting Started with OpenTelemetry Logging: A Practical Guide
Learn how to get started with OpenTelemetry Logging, streamline your observability, and enhance debugging with structured, context-rich logs.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
A Guide to Database Optimization for High Traffic
Learn how to optimize your database for high traffic, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability under heavy load.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
AWS re:Invent 2024 Day 4 Recap
Day 4 at AWS re:Invent 2024 was filled with fresh insights, community discussions, and impactful announcements. Catch all the updates here!
Prathamesh Sonpatki
AWS re:Invent 2024 Day 3 Recap
Catch up on the highlights from AWS re:Invent 2024 Day 3, packed with fresh innovations, key announcements, and takeaways you won't want to miss!
Prathamesh Sonpatki
AWS re:Invent 2024 Day 2 Recap
Catch up on the highlights from AWS re:Invent 2024 Day 2, featuring key insights, exciting announcements, and key takeaways.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
AWS re:Invent 2024 Day 1 Recap
AWS re:Invent Day 1 brought insightful talks, cool connections, and updates on AI, observability, and scaling challenges.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
A Beginner's Guide to GCP Monitoring
Learn how to monitor and optimize your GCP resources effortlessly. Simplify performance tracking and keep your services running smoothly.
Prathamesh Sonpatki, Anjali Udasi
Fluentd vs Fluent Bit – A Comprehensive Overview
Fluentd vs Fluent Bit: Discover the key differences, use cases, and how to choose the right tool for your log processing needs.
Prathamesh Sonpatki, Anjali Udasi
Enhancing Observability with Fluent Bit and OpenTelemetry
Boost observability with Fluent Bit and OpenTelemetry! Collect, process, and export logs and metrics easily for smarter monitoring.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
A Complete Guide to Kubernetes Observability
Learn how to implement effective Kubernetes observability with metrics, logs, and traces to monitor and optimize your clusters at scale.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Extracting Account-Level CDN Metrics from Akamai Logs with Last9
Learn how to extract and analyze account-level CDN metrics from Akamai logs using Last9 for real-time insights and better customer tracking.
Prathamesh Sonpatki, Aditya Godbole
AWS re: Invent 2024: Must-Know Tips & What to Expect
Ready for AWS re:Invent 2024? Here are some tips and highlights to help you make the most of the event
Prathamesh Sonpatki, Anjali Udasi
Logging Errors in Go with ZeroLog: A Simple Guide
Learn how to log errors efficiently in Go using ZeroLog with best practices like structured logging, context-rich messages, and error-level filtering.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Kubernetes Observability with OpenTelemetry Operator
Learn how the OpenTelemetry Operator makes monitoring Kubernetes easier, so you can focus on what matters—keeping your apps running smoothly!
Prathamesh Sonpatki
KubeCon NA 2024 Day 4 Recap
KubeCon NA 2024 Day 4 Recap: Insights, key talks, and lessons learned as the conference wraps up—looking forward to what’s next!
Prathamesh Sonpatki
KubeCon NA 2024 Day 3 Recap
Day 3 at KubeCon NA 2024 was full of engaging discussions on platform engineering, FinOps, and the future of cloud-native.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Getting Started with OpenTelemetry in Rust
Learn how to implement OpenTelemetry in Rust for effective observability, including tracing, metrics, and debugging in your applications.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
KubeCon NA 2024 Day 2 Recap
KubeCon NA 2024 Day 2 was packed with insights! Check out the highlights and key moments from another exciting day at the event.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
KubeCon NA 2024 Day 1 Recap: Observability Day & More
Day 1 of KubeCon NA 2024 was packed with insights, especially from Observability Day. Check out the highlights and talks that stood out!
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Flask Logging Made Simple for Developers
Learn how to implement proper logging in Flask, from development to production, and avoid the pitfalls of scattered print statements.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
SRECon EMEA 2024 - Day 3
Here’s a snapshot of the key talks, important ideas, and memorable moments that set the stage for SRECon EMEA Dublin 2024!
Prathamesh Sonpatki
SRECon EMEA 2024 - Day 2
Here’s a quick recap of the standout talks, key insights, and unforgettable moments that got things rolling at SRECon EMEA Dublin 2024!
Prathamesh Sonpatki
SRECon EMEA 2024 - Day 1
Here’s a quick rundown of the standout talks, big ideas, and memorable moments that kicked things off in SRECon EMEA Dublin 2024!
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Scaling Prometheus: Tips, Tricks, and Proven Strategies
Learn how to scale Prometheus with practical tips and strategies to keep your monitoring smooth and efficient, even as your needs grow!
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Getting Started with Host Metrics Using OpenTelemetry
Learn to monitor host metrics with OpenTelemetry. Discover setup tips, common pitfalls, and best practices for effective observability.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Prometheus RemoteWrite Exporter: A Comprehensive Guide
A comprehensive guide showing how to use PrometheusRemoteWriteExporter to send metrics from OpenTelemetry to Prometheus compatible backends
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Log Analytics 101: Everything You Need to Know
Get a clear understanding of log analytics—what it is, why it matters, and how it helps you keep your systems running efficiently by analyzing key data from your infrastructure.
Prathamesh Sonpatki, Anjali Udasi
Log Anything vs Log Everything
Explore the logging spectrum from "Log Anything" chaos to "Log Everything" clarity. Learn structured logging best practices in Go with zap!
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Docker Monitoring with Prometheus: A Step-by-Step Guide
This guide walks you through setting up Docker monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana, helping you track container performance and resource usage with ease.
Prathamesh Sonpatki, Anjali Udasi
Prometheus Recording Rules: Developer Guide to Optimization
This guide breaks down how recording rules can help, with simple tips to improve performance and manage complex data.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
OpenTelemetry Collector: The Complete Guide
This guide covers the OpenTelemetry Collector, its features, use cases, and tips for effectively managing telemetry data.
Prathamesh Sonpatki, Anjali Udasi
Adding Cluster Labels to Kubernetes Metrics
A definitive guide on adding cluster label to all Kubernetes metrics
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Identify Root Spans in Otel Collector
How to identify root spans in OpenTelemetry Collector using filter and transform processors
Prathamesh Sonpatki
What is Prometheus Remote Write
Explore Prometheus Remote Write: scale your monitoring effortlessly. Learn how it works, its benefits, and top tips for cloud-native setups.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Golang Logging: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers
Our blog covers practical insights into Golang logging, including how to use the log package, popular third-party libraries, and tips for structured logging
Prathamesh Sonpatki, Preeti Dewani
Developer's Guide to Installing OpenTelemetry Collector
Learn how to install and configure the OpenTelemetry Collector for enhanced observability. This guide covers Docker, Kubernetes, and Linux installations with step-by-step instructions and configuration examples.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Top 10 Platform Engineering Tools in 2024
Check out these 10 tools that are making a real difference in how teams build, manage, and scale their platforms in 2024.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
PromCon 2024 — Day 2
Catch up on Day 2 of PromCon 2024. Read about the key talks and takeaways from the second day of this exciting event.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
PromCon 2024 — Day 1
Get a quick overview of Day 1 at PromCon 2024, which featured significant announcements on Prometheus 3.0 and OpenTelemetry compatibility
Prathamesh Sonpatki
PromQL Cheat Sheet: Must-Know PromQL Queries
This cheat sheet provides practical guidance for diagnosing issues and understanding trends.
Prathamesh Sonpatki, Anjali Udasi
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.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
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.
Prathamesh Sonpatki, Anjali Udasi
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.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
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.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Top Splunk Alternatives for 2024: A Complete Guide
Explore Splunk alternatives like ELK, Last9 Levitate, Graylog, and Datadog. Compare features, pricing, and scalability for log management and observability.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Convert OpenTelemetry Traces to Metrics with SpanMetrics
Already implemented tracing but lack metrics? With SpanConnector, you can convert trace data into actionable metrics. Here’s how to configure it.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
What is OpenTelemetry Collector
What is OpenTelemetry Collector, Architecture, Deployment and sample examples.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Whitespace in OTLP headers and OpenTelemetry Python SDK
How to handle whitespaces in the OTLP Headers with Python Otel SDK
Prathamesh Sonpatki
How We Cut Monitoring Costs and Deprecated Thanos at Replit
Winning Replit over by taming High Cardinality data and deprecating Thanos
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Cricket Scale e01 — Ashutosh Agrawal
Unpacking "Cricket Scale" with the person behind the scenes at JioCinema
Prathamesh Sonpatki
A checklist to choose a monitoring system
A detailed checklist of points you should consider before choosing a monitoring system
Prathamesh Sonpatki
The unresolved cost of High Cardinality
Fulfill all your food delivery orders this December 31st by taming High Cardinality data with Levitate 😉
Prathamesh Sonpatki
SaaS Monitoring with Levitate
How Levitate solves today's challenges of B2B SaaS monitoring, including noisy neighbors by unlocking per-tenant observability
Prathamesh Sonpatki
OpenTelemetry vs OpenTracing: What's the Difference?
OpenTracing focuses solely on distributed tracing, OpenTelemetry extends the scope to include metrics and logs. With OpenTelemetry, you can take a unified approach to collecting and analyzing metrics, traces, and logs to gain a more complete understanding of your system's behavior and performance
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Levitate: Last9’s Managed TSDB Now on AWS Marketplace
Levitate - Last9's managed Prometheus Compatible TSDB is available on AWS Marketplace
Prathamesh Sonpatki
PromQL Macros in Levitate
Define PromQL Macros to standardize complex PromQL queries in Levitate
Prathamesh Sonpatki
GCP Managed Service For Prometheus vs. Levitate
A detailed comparison of Levitate and Google Managed Prometheus - Cost, Scale and Ease of Use
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Ingest OpenTelemetry metrics with Prometheus natively
Native support for OpenTelemetry metrics in Prometheus
Prathamesh Sonpatki
InfluxDB vs. Thanos
InfluxDB vs Thanos: Overview, Pros and Cons, and Differences
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Graphite vs Prometheus
Compare Graphite and Prometheus, two leading open-source monitoring solutions.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
QCon New York 2023 Recap
Recap of QCon New York 2023 Conference
Prathamesh Sonpatki
What is High Cardinality
Overview of what is high cardinality in the context of monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Metrics, Events, Logs, and Traces: Observability Essentials
Understanding Metrics, Logs, Events and Traces - the key pillars of observability and their pros and cons for SRE and DevOps teams.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Filtering Metrics by Labels in OpenTelemetry Collector
How to filter metrics by labels using OpenTelemetry Collector
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Interesting talks on Observability from Fosdem 2023
A recap of the talks from the Observability and Monitoring dev room at Fosdem 2023.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
A practical guide for implementing SLO
How to set Service Level Objectives with 3 steps guide
Prathamesh Sonpatki, Saurabh Hirani
The difference between DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering
In reliability engineering, three concepts keep getting talked about - DevOps, SRE and Platform Engineering. How do they differ?
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Introduction to DORA Metrics
DORA metrics, what they are, why they are important, and best practices for measuring them.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
How to Improve On-Call Experience!
Better practices and tools for management of on-call practices
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Best Practices for Postmortems: A guide
The ins and outs of conducting an effective postmortem. Ready templates and examples from leading organizations around the world!
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Deployment Readiness Checklists
A ready checklist of a comprehensive list of steps and activities involved in the deployment of your application.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Monorepos - The Good, Bad, and Ugly
Explore the pros and cons of monorepos, including their benefits, challenges, and potential pitfalls for managing large codebases.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Strace – A Hidden Superpower
Like any OS, Linux isn’t immune to hiccups, especially when running closed-source apps where you can’t inspect the code for deeper insights.
Akshat Goyal, Prathamesh Sonpatki
Rescuing a SPAghetti React project
Practical tips for rescuing a SPAghetti React JS project. With confidence and a shared mental model, we made the codebase reliable and easier to manage.
Prathamesh Sonpatki
One year at Last9
Celebrating one year at Last9! From uncertainty to growth, it's been an amazing journey with an inspiring team and exciting challenges.
Prathamesh Sonpatki