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Scaling Containers
Learn everything you need to know about building, deploying and scaling containerized applications in production.
Docker Swarm vs Kubernetes: A Practical Comparison
Explore the pros and cons of Docker Swarm and Kubernetes and gain valuable insights to help you choose the right solution for your infrastructure needs.
A Comprehensive Guide to Logging in Python
Python provides a built-in logging module in its standard library that provides comprehensive logging capabilities for Python programs
Log Formatting in Production: 9 Best Practices
Learn 9 best practices for formatting your logs in production to make them easy to read, parse, and troubleshoot.
The Top 7 Log Shippers and How to Choose One
This article will help you choose the right log shipper for your needs, and will also provide a comparison of the top 6 log shippers on the market
How to Create a Developer-Friendly On-Call Schedule in 7 steps
Trying to build a new on-call schedule or just fix an existing one that doesn't work? Here is how to do it the right way.
Logging
Learn everything you want to know about logging. Go from basics to best practices in no time.
How to Get Started with Logging in Laravel
Laravel's logging facilities provide a thin layer on top of the Monolog library, which provides logging capabilities for PHP applications
How To Start Logging With Redis
Learn how to start logging with Redis and go from basics to best practices in no time.
A Comprehensive Guide to Python Logging with Structlog
Learn how to install, configure, and use the Struclog framework for logging in Python applications
Docker Container Logs: A Comprehensive Guide
This guide introduces Docker's built-in logging capabilities to help you easily monitor your containers' various operations.
Logging in .NET: A Comparison of the Top 4 Libraries
This article compares four .NET logging libraries, delving into their features, performance, pros, and cons.
Observability
Learn everything about monitoring and gaining insights into your systems. Understand metrics, traces, logs, dashboards, and alerting strategies.
Instrumenting PHP Apps with OpenTelemetry Metrics
Instrumenting Java Apps with OpenTelemetry Metrics
This article provides a detailed guide on integrating OpenTelemetry metrics into your Java application
Essential OpenTelemetry Collector Components for Observability Pipelines
A comprehensive guide to essential OpenTelemetry Collector components for building effective observability pipelines, covering data ingestion, processing, and export capabilities.
Deploying the OpenTelemetry Helm Chart in Kubernetes
Learn how to efficiently deploy the OpenTelemetry Collector to Kubernetes using Helm charts, with practical configuration examples and operational best practices for robust observability.
Using Prometheus as a Backend for OpenTelemetry Metrics
Learn how to integrate OpenTelemetry with Prometheus 3.0 for a powerful metrics stack. Setup guide covers configuration, instrumentation, data modeling, and PromQL querying
Monitoring
Learn everything you need to know about monitoring and observability. Go from basics to best practices in no time.
A Complete Guide to Monitoring With Uptime Kuma
Monitoring Linux with Prometheus and Node Exporter
This guide will teach you how to install and configure Prometheus and Node Exporter for monitoring your Linux servers
Deploying Grafana on Kubernetes using Helm Charts
Learn how to deploy Grafana on Kubernetes using Helm charts, connect data sources, and create custom dashboards to visualize metrics from your applications and infrastructure.
Deploying Prometheus on Kubernetes using Helm charts
Learn how to deploy Prometheus on Kubernetes using Helm charts, configure custom targets, and set up advanced monitoring capabilities for containerized applications
How to Increase Prometheus Storage Retention
Learn how to increase Prometheus storage retention beyond the default 15 days. This guide covers configuration methods for systemd, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Incident Management
Learn everything you want to know about incident management. Go from basics to best practices in no time.
Why Are Status Pages Important: 5 Reasons (And How to Get Started)
How to Design Escalation Policies (for Easy Incident Management)?
On-call Compensation Models (and How to Solve On-Call Pay)
4 On-Call Schedule Templates (With Benefits and Downsides)
SLA vs. SLO vs. SLI: What’s the Difference? (Plus 5 Tips to Make a Great SLA)
Understading SLA, SLO and SLI terms is vital, in this article we explore what they mean,how they work and some best practices.
Scaling Containers
Learn everything you need to know about building, deploying and scaling containerized applications in production.
Exploring Podman: A More Secure Docker Alternative
This article explore Podman's features and benefits, comparing it to Docker and describing a step-by-step migration guide
Docker Security: 14 Best Practices You Should Know
Learn 14 Docker best practices to ensure that your deployments are robust, resilient, and ready to meet the challenges of modern security threats.
Setting up Docker Swarm High Availability in Production
Learn key concepts in Docker Swarm and set up a highly available Swarm cluster that is resilient to failures
How to Monitor Docker Containers
Complete guide to Docker container monitoring. Learn docker stats, health checks, log analysis, and advanced monitoring with Prometheus. Hands-on tutorial with examples.
Automating Docker Container Updates with Watchtower
Scaling Node.js Applications
Take your Node.js applications to production: Learn building, deployment, and scaling essentials
Dockerizing Node.js Apps: A Complete Guide
This guide covers building optimized Node.js Docker images, using Docker Compose for multi-container apps, and essential Dockerfile best practices
Preventing and Debugging Memory Leaks in Node.js
Learn about Node.js memory leaks and their causes, how to debug and fix them, prevention best practices, methods for monitoring leaks.
Using TypeScript with Node.js: A Beginner's Guide
Learn how to use TypeScript to add type safety, improve code quality, and make your Node.js apps more scalable
Running Node.js Apps with PM2 (Complete Guide)
Learn the key features of PM2 and how to use them to deploy, manage, and scale your Node.js applications in production
A Complete Guide to Timeouts in Node.js
Learn how to implement timeouts for both incoming and outgoing requests, choose the right values, and handle timeout errors effectively
Scaling PHP Applications
Learn everything you need to know about building, deploying and scaling PHP applications in production.
A Complete Guide to Task Scheduling in Laravel
Learn how to create and monitor scheduled tasks in a Laravel application
Laravel Error Handling Patterns
Learn how to handle errors in Laravel the right way. This in-depth guide covers exception types, global and context-aware error handling, logging, debugging, and patterns to keep your app reliable and user-friendly
Containerizing Laravel Applications with Docker
Scaling PHP Applications with RoadRunner
Learn how RoadRunner's application server model outperforms traditional FPM for high-traffic PHP applications
Building Production-Ready Docker Images for PHP Apps
Learn about Docker images and containers, putting together a `Dockerfile`, and building a fully custom Docker image for deploying PHP apps to production
Scaling Python Applications
Learn everything you need to know about building, deploying and scaling python applications in production.
Get Started with Job Scheduling in Python
Learn how to create and monitor Python scheduled tasks in a production environment
Containerizing Django Applications with Docker
This article provides step-by-step instructions for deploying your Django applications using Docker and Docker Compose
Introduction to Django 6.0 Background Tasks
A practical guide to Django 6.0's built-in background tasks framework. Learn to define tasks, configure backends, run workers, and handle async operations like email sending and image processing without Celery.
Ripple UI: Building Reactive Frontends for Python Backends
Learn how Ripple UI simplifies frontend development for Python developers. Explore fine-grained reactivity with track(), build dynamic UIs without JSX, and integrate seamlessly with FastAPI backends.
Getting Started with Pyrefly
Learn how to get started with Pyrefly, a fast static type checker for Python, including installation, project configuration, running checks, handling Optional types, using generics and protocols, and gradually introducing type safety into existing codebases.
Scaling Ruby Applications
RailsAdmin vs Trestle: Automatic Admin Panels vs Explicit Control
Compare RailsAdmin’s auto-generated admin panel with Trestle’s explicit, code-driven resources. Learn how each handles setup, customization, and long-term flexibility so you can choose between fast setup and full control over your Rails admin
RailsAdmin vs ActiveAdmin: Centralized vs Modular Admin Configuration
Compare RailsAdmin and ActiveAdmin: RailsAdmin centralizes config in one initializer, while ActiveAdmin splits settings into per-resource files in `app/admin/`.
ERB vs Slim: Which Rails Template Language Should You Use?
A practical comparison of ERB and Slim for Rails views, explaining their syntax, readability, HTML compatibility, performance, and how each template language affects collaboration between developers and designers.
ERB vs Haml: Syntax, Structure, and How They Shape Your Rails Views
A practical comparison of ERB and Haml in Rails, covering syntax, readability, structure, performance, and how each templating language affects developer workflow and template maintenance.
Haml vs Slim
Compare Haml vs Slim for Ruby and Rails views. Learn how their syntax, attributes, whitespace, and readability differ so you can choose the right template engine.
Scaling Go Applications
Learn everything you need to know about building, deploying and scaling Go applications in production.
How to Work with SQL Databases in Go
The article will discuss the use of the database/sql package in Go to connect to a database, execute SQL statements, and handle returned results. It will also cover advanced topics like prepared statements, transactions, and connection pooling.
A Comprehensive Guide to Using JSON in Go
Rust vs Go vs Zig for Systems Programming
Compare Rust, Go, and Zig for systems programming. Learn their memory management approaches, performance characteristics, and when to choose each language for your next project.
Rust vs Go: A Comprehensive Language Comparison
Rust vs Go: Complete comparison of memory management, concurrency, performance, and development experience. Learn which language fits your project better
Database migrations in Go with golang-migrate
Learn how to effectively manage database schema changes in Go applications using golang-migrate, including creation, execution, rollbacks, and CI/CD integration.
Testing
Learn about the different types of automated tests that can be created for software , how they differ from each other, and when to use each one.
How to Get Started with Unit Testing in Laravel
Testing with Cucumber
Learn Cucumber for Ruby with hands-on BDD examples. Write plain-language tests, align developers and stakeholders, and build reliable, maintainable apps.
Getting Started with Minitest
Learn Ruby testing with Minitest. Start with simple assertions, explore advanced patterns, and build maintainable apps with confidence.
A Beginner's Guide to RSpec
Learn RSpec testing for Ruby applications with this comprehensive beginner's guide. Master behavior-driven development, test organization, filtering, mocking, and setup methods to write reliable, maintainable tests that catch bugs before production.
Time-machine vs Freezegun
Compare time-machine and freezegun for mocking time in Python tests. Learn their key differences, performance, and how to choose the best tool for your project.
Linux
Learn how to use various command-line utilities to perform simple and advanced administrative tasks on Linux-based systems
Understanding VPN Virtual Locations and Their Impact on Privacy
A comprehensive analysis reveals that most VPN providers route your traffic through countries you never selected. Explore the science behind server geolocation, understand virtual locations, and learn what this means for your privacy and security.
A Look into eza, the Modern ls Replacement
Learn how to install and master eza, a modern replacement for the ls command. Discover Git integration, advanced color theming, intelligent sorting, rich icons, and powerful filtering options to transform your terminal file navigation experience.
Nix vs asdf: Which Version Manager Should You Use?
Compare Nix and asdf for managing programming language versions. Learn the key differences in version switching, dependency isolation, team collaboration, and find out which tool fits your development workflow.
Homebrew vs Nix: Which Package Manager Should You Use?
Compare Homebrew and Nix package managers for macOS. Learn the key differences in dependency handling, reproducibility, team collaboration, and find out which tool fits your development workflow.
TUFW vs GUFW: Choosing a Terminal or GUI Interface for UFW
Compare TUFW and GUFW, two UFW interfaces for Linux firewalls. Learn how they differ in workflow, remote access, error handling, and who each fits best.
AI
Learn about the essentials of deploying and managing AI models in production, including model training, scaling, and performance optimization.
Olmo 3.1: A Look into the Open-Source LLM
Explore Olmo 3.1, the fully open-source LLM from AI2. Learn about its model variants, OlmoTrace for debugging, complete training transparency, and how it compares to proprietary models in performance and capabilities.
A Look into Gemini 3 Flash: Speed, Smarts, and Hallucination Rate
Explore Gemini 3 Flash's impressive speed and coding capabilities, but discover its critical hallucination rate that makes it unsuitable for factual tasks.
TanStack AI: Building Type-Safe, Provider-Agnostic AI Applications
Learn how TanStack AI provides a unified, type-safe interface for building AI applications with multiple providers. Explore streaming chat endpoints, tool usage, and function calling with full TypeScript support.
Beads: A Git-Friendly Issue Tracker for AI Coding Agents
Learn how Beads solves the context window problem for AI coding agents through a Git-native issue tracker with SQLite storage, JSON-L synchronization, and explicit dependency management for persistent project memory across development sessions.
Open-Source Workflow Automation with Activepieces
Learn how Activepieces provides self-hosted workflow automation with no per-task pricing. Explore its architecture, Docker deployment, AI integrations, and practical considerations for teams evaluating alternatives to Zapier and Make.com.
Databases
How Turso Eliminates SQLite's Single-Writer Bottleneck
Discover how Turso's Rust-based rewrite of SQLite introduces Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) to handle thousands of concurrent writes per second. This deep dive explains the single-writer problem, row-level versioning, and the performance gains that make SQLite viable for high-throughput applications.
How AWS S3 Achieves 1 Petabyte Per Second on Hard Disk Drives
Learn how AWS S3 delivers petabyte-scale performance using HDDs. Explore the architecture behind erasure coding, parallelism, and distributed storage at scale.
What is PocketBase? Features, Limitations, and Use Cases
Explore PocketBase: an open-source, self-hosted backend with SQLite database, authentication, and file storage in a single file. Learn its features and limitations
CouchDB vs FaunaDB
Learn how CouchDB and FaunaDB handle distributed data differently through their consistency models, replication strategies, and conflict resolution approaches for building offline-first and globally consistent applications.
CouchDB vs MongoDB
Compare CouchDB and MongoDB to see which NoSQL database fits your project. Learn how their replication models, consistency, and conflict handling differ, and find out which one works best for offline apps, distributed systems, or high-traffic web platforms.
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