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Understanding Open Telemetry and Observability w/ Splunk's Spiros Xanthos

Splunk's VP of Observability breaks down what the future of data and OpenTelemetry look like on the Dev Interrupted Podcast.

June 22, 2021

by Dan Lines

· 16,749 Views · 5 Likes

Write Faster and More Efficient SQL Queries

This article explores the best strategies for SQL query optimization, including indexing, SELECT statements, wildcards, and EXPLAIN query analysis.

June 13, 2021

by Everett Berry

· 7,234 Views · 4 Likes

Load-Balancing Minecraft Servers with Kong Gateway

Explore port forwarding and load balancing with Kong Gateway and Minecraft servers.

May 24, 2021

by Michael Bogan

CORE

· 17,582 Views · 3 Likes

Chaos Engineering: Blocked Threads

A thread will enter into a BLOCKED state when it can't acquire a lock on an object because another thread already holds the lock on the object and doesn’t release it.

May 20, 2021

by Ram Lakshmanan

CORE

· 10,776 Views · 9 Likes

High-Performance Batch Processing Using Apache Spark and Spring Batch

Batch processing is dealing with a large amount of data; it actually is a method of running high-volume, repetitive data jobs and each job does a specific task.

May 16, 2021

by Reza Ganji

CORE

· 29,472 Views · 7 Likes

Are You Tracking Kubernetes Applications Effectively?

Contrary to logs and observability, which show what happens on a service, tracing allows developers and operators to follow a specific request and how it calls different services and dependencies

May 10, 2021

by Leonid Sandler

· 21,205 Views · 5 Likes

How to Install VPN on Linux?

Installing a VPN on a Linux machine can give you added security and protect private information to be exposed on the internet. Check out how to do so in this article.

May 10, 2021

by Raunak Jain

· 16,721 Views · 1 Like

What is RAID in Linux?

RAID in Linux can be used to create logical volumes to ensure recovery from disk failures, backups, etc. RAID uses techniques such as mirroring and stripping.

May 10, 2021

by Raunak Jain

· 27,834 Views · 1 Like

Transforming TCP Sockets to HTTP With Go

Use Go to help your apps communicate!

May 2, 2021

by Gonzalo Ayuso

· 11,911 Views · 2 Likes

Runbooks vs. Playbooks: Explaining the Difference

The terms runbooks and playbooks are often used interchangeably, But there are important differences between the two, and each has its place.

May 1, 2021

by Austin Gunter

· 8,422 Views · 3 Likes

Batch Processing Large Data Sets with Spring Boot and Spring Batch

This article contains a quick video with a great tutorial for batch processing large data sets with Spring Boot and Spring batch.

April 29, 2021

by Ram N

· 8,120 Views · 3 Likes

Linux Machine Compromised: Power of Observation

In debugging any problem, 2 things are important: Observation, and combining your general observations and observations at the time of issue to conclude something.

April 29, 2021

by Sahil Aggarwal

· 5,291 Views · 4 Likes

Chaos Engineering: Thread Leak

‘java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: unable to create new native thread’ will be thrown when more threads are created than the memory capacity of the device.

April 29, 2021

by Ram Lakshmanan

CORE

· 8,910 Views · 2 Likes

Observability and GitOps

Observability is vital; it allows us to manage a system properly, determine if it is working correctly, and decide what needs to be fixed, changed, or improved.

April 27, 2021

by Nicolas Giron

· 13,111 Views · 11 Likes

C++ Memory Model: Migrating From X86 to ARM

The C++ memory model is one of the least well-understood parts of the C++ standard and a common source of confusion, yet it is indispensable when writing high performant code using atomic operations.

April 22, 2021

by Max Neunhoeffer

· 8,940 Views · 4 Likes

Beginner's Guide to Compilation in Java

Java applications are complied to bytecode then JIT and JVM takes care of code execution. Here you will find some insights about how JIT compiler works.

April 21, 2021

by Bartłomiej Żyliński

CORE

· 8,848 Views · 12 Likes

Python Memo 2: Dictionary vs. Set

A software architect takes a deep dive into the Python language by exploring dictionaries and sets and how these two elements of the language work.

April 15, 2021

by Eason YIN

· 18,811 Views · 2 Likes

Deep Dive Into CodeReady Containers Deployment on Linux

I am going to walk you through the deployment of CRC on Linux, take a closer look at how CRC works, and review some of the configuration options.

April 9, 2021

by Ales Nosek

· 6,369 Views · 3 Likes

Chromium vs Chrome: What’s the Difference?

People often think Chrome and Chromium are alike, but that's not true. In this article, find out what makes them different and never confuse them again.

April 6, 2021

by Harshit Paul

· 5,894 Views · 2 Likes

JBoss Deployment War Error on Startup

We take a look at how to quickly solve the frustrating error that occurs when a JBoss server doesn't start up properly.

March 22, 2021

by Muhammad Ali Khojaye

· 40,413 Views · 2 Likes

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