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A parable by a triggered GenXer.

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Create a generative AI policy that helps guide engineers in what to do — and not to do — with ChatGPT, Copilot or any other chatbot.

Observability tools have evolved beyond the model of linear price increases as complexity and data scales (more data is being generated).

Storing the vast amounts of data needed for real-time analytics poses big and expensive challenges. Here's how the latest version of InfluxDB can help improve performance and cut costs.

A robust observability strategy can preemptively detect anomalies and potential issues—before they become full-blown outages.

The future of software innovation depends on unlocking every developer's and engineer's creativity by removing infrastructure burdens.

In this article, we dig into the journey of a platform engineering team and outline a step-by-step approach to building an internal developer platform.

In the third part of our PostgreSQL Performance Tuning guide, we explore PostgreSQL indexes, including tips to optimize performance.

After donating its Crossplane framework to CNCF, Unbound has donated Upjet, a framework designed to be used with Crossplane, to CNCF.

Technologist and author John Willis emphasizes caution when considering AI solutions from vendors in this episode of The New Stack Makers.

There is plenty of concern about reskilling workers for the tech-driven, AI-infused economy ahead. Executive leaders need training as well.

Platform team workflows and checklists for building a CI/CD and VCS pipeline into their platform.

If the code that governs your IaC workflows is insecure, IaC can quickly become a source of security risks. Mitigate this danger with an IaC scanner.

After decades of targeting teen audiences, The CW, under new ownership, wants to be something else. It may hint at what’s next for linear television.

Some notes about how I use my RSS reader to find and read interesting stuff on the web.

Open source cultural principles are now permeating the enterprise - a movement known as innersource. Here's why.

A logical data model establishes the structure of data elements and the relationships among them. It is independent of the physical database that details how the data will be implemented.

Data modeling is the process of conceptualizing and visualizing how data will be gathered, stored, and used within business operations.

Learn the benefits of data modeling tools and how these management tools help organizations transform data into information to make pivotal decisions.

My spicy take is that XML is better than YAML, because there are situations where XML is appropriate, but there’s no situation where YAML is appropriate. Let me explain…

A survey found the biggest obstacles to observability were the pace of technology change, IT blind spots and the complexity of modern applications.

As I've been suggesting was inevitable based on the previous post, mastodon.Art has booted me from the Discord (just a few days before th...

Here is a brief case study that explores the logistics and motivations that would lead a successful company to spend time and resources completely rewriting the core of their flagship product in Rust.

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