To put it simply, monitoring is for notifying you when something goes wrong in your application, and observability is to help you understand why that is. Read along, as we dive deeper to get a better understanding of the two and help you identify the right one for your use case! Read more

OpenTelemetry is a free and open-source software initiative with the objective of supplying software developers with the means to create distributed systems. Check out this guide to all things Otel! Read more

Debugging is the bread and butter of software development. As a software developer, this is the part you likely spend the most amount of time on. This post goes over the process of debugging. Read more

One of the best ways to gain insights into an application is to use a monitoring system. Learn why alerting is a key part of application monitoring! Read more

This post explores the OpenTelemetry collector architecture, specifically focusing on the Collectors component. We'll look at how collectors work and how they can be used to process telemetry data from any system or application. Read more

The OpenTelemetry collector is a Go binary that does exactly what its name implies: it collects data and sends it to a back-end. But there’s a lot of functionality that lies in between. Learn more! Read more

Open Source APM Tools are types of software whose source code is publicly accessible. Learn about open source APM and the difference between traditional APM tools Read more

Monitoring customer behaviors helps you analyze your application and improve it. In that way, it directly improves your business. End-User monitoring tools analyze how your application deployment and delivery affect your user experience. Read more

Getting to the bottom of a slowdown becomes a tedious exercise of pointing fingers and going down the rabbit hole. Even worse is if it affects a business’ customers. Learn how to diagnose a slow application! Read more

As a software developer, once you have ensured your application's overall quality, robustness, and reliability, its acceptance and reputation among users depend primarily on how fast and responsive it is. Learn more about the importance of response time! Read more