Stephen Watts
Using Splunk for SEO Log File Analysis
This blog post will showcase just a few of the ways we’re using Splunk to improve our own technical SEO.
Splunk MINT: A Complete Introduction
Looking for Splunk MINT? This blog post explains in detail what Splunk MINT was, what happened to Splunk MINT, and much more.
Splunk Light: An Introduction and Beginner's Guide
Looking for Splunk Light? This blog post explains in detail what Splunk Light was, what happened to Splunk Light, and much more.
Is Blockchain Dead? No. Is Web3 Dead? Maybe.
This blog post explores trends around Web3, Blockchain, NFTs, Cryptocurrency, and related technologies.
Cloud Network Monitoring: An Introduction
Network monitoring vs cloud monitoring: do you really need both? Find out why cloud network monitoring is the key to business success in this article.
Trunk-Based Development vs. GitFlow: Which Source Code Control is Right for You?
Understand trunk-based development and GitFlow, two source code management approaches, so you can decide which is right for your developer environment.
What Is TBD? Trunk-Based Development & Its Role in CI/CD
Trunk-based development is a popular way to control source code when developing apps. Learn how TBD works, how it supports CI/CD, and when to avoid it.
Status Pages: The Ultimate Guide
Status pages show real-time status of applications and services. See how these best practices make status pages succeed — and why that’s crucial for business.
Production Environment Review: The Ultimate Checklist
Make releases smoother! Check this list for all the areas you want to review in production environments to improve release quality and cadence.
When and Why To Adopt Feature Flags
Learn all about feature flags, a powerful way to fine-tune your control over which features are enabled within a software deployment.
Best DevOps Books: The Definitive List
In this blog post we’ll look at the core, fundamental books that have played the largest role in creating the modern DevOps movement.
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) vs. Load Balancers: What’s The Difference?
CDNs and load balancers fulfill similar roles, but they are different tools. This article breaks down the differences so you can decide which is right for you.
The Bulkhead and Sidecar Design Patterns for Microservices & Incident Resolution
This article looks at Bulkhead and Sidecar design patterns, including how they’re used in microservice designs — and how they help overall incident support.
CVE Severity & How To Respond To CVEs in Builds
CVEs can be serious enough to reject a build. These approaches and best practices help you assess CVE severity and determine how to manage a build.
Kubernetes 101: How To Set Up “Vanilla” Kubernetes
Kubernetes 101: Set up the most basic K8s cluster — also known as Vanilla Kubernetes — with this hands-on tutorial that gets you started quickly and easily.
Network vs. Application Performance Monitoring: What's The Difference?
Monitoring networks and application performance are different practices. Understand the changes and see how, together, both can offer end-to-end observability.
Monitoring Windows Infrastructure: Tools, Apps, Metrics & Best Practices
Learn how to monitor your Windows infrastructure, including the best tools and apps to use, the top metrics to monitor and how to analyze those metrics.
NoOps Explained: How Does NoOps Compare with DevOps?
Take a look at NoOps, the concept of automating IT and development: how it works, pros and cons and whether it’s an evolution — or the end — of DevOps.
How To Prepare for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Interview
Prepare for your SRE interviews. These are common questions and answers to expect in any site reliability engineer interview.
Continuous Performance Management Basics
In this blog post, we will walk you through how to develop a continuous performance management playbook for your business.
CI/CD Pipeline Monitoring: An Introduction
This blog post explains how to monitor the CI/CD delivery pipeline and how to correlate that data with other metrics in order to achieve optimal overall performance of your applications.
API Testing vs Monitoring: What's The Difference?
Learn about the difference between API monitoring and testing, and when to use which approach in this blog post.
API & HTTP Headers: How to Use Request Headers in API Checks
Learn about API & HTTP request headers and how to use request headers in API checks in this blog post.
