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A recent LinkedIn poll by Peter Zaitsev asked: "What is the most common preventable cause of downtime in your environment?" Guess what most respondents said it was? Surprise, surprise -

First of all, by frontend memory usage I mean the amount of memory that a user’s browser needs when using your website or webapp. Secondly, do you have any idea

Server uptime monitoring is critical for ensuring the reliability and availability of your infrastructure and services. By keeping track of server uptime, you may be able to identify and address

Let's Encrypt has announced that it will no longer send certificate expiration notification emails. If you've relied on those emails to remind you when to renew your SSL/TLS certificates, it's

Imagine you’ve got a leaky faucet in your kitchen.  At first, it’s just a drip here and there—annoying, sure, but not enough to ruin your day. But leave it unchecked,

Disk IO (Input/Output) is a core aspect of system performance. Whether you're managing a database, a web application, or a cloud server, how efficiently your system reads and writes data

Every server administrator's nightmare starts with a message: "CPU usage at 100%"  It's that critical moment when your Linux server transforms from a reliable workhorse into a sluggish mess, taking

Imagine you're a detective trying to solve a crime, but all the evidence is invisible.  Sounds impossible, right?  That's exactly what it's like trying to debug a Java application without

Websites are no longer static pages.  They’re dynamic, transaction-heavy ecosystems where every click, form submission, and login matters.  Whether you're in e-commerce, SaaS, or finance, transaction failures can lead to

Imagine waking up to a critical system failure that has brought your business operations to a standstill.  Panic sets in as you scramble to understand what went wrong.  You sift

It's 2 AM, and your phone buzzes with an urgent alert—your primary server application is down, and users are flooding the support channels with complaints.  As you dive into the

Ever found yourself drowning in a sea of log data, struggling to make sense of the overwhelming noise? Or perhaps faced a major system breakdown, only to find that your

Logs act as silent sentinels, recording every whisper of your application's activity. They are invaluable chronicles illuminating system behavior, diagnosing issues, and providing crucial insights into your application's health.  However, the

Running a Kubernetes cluster includes keeping an eye on it to make sure your apps and services are healthy. You don’t want to be staring at a bunch of Kubernetes

Introduction Launching a mobile App is no walk in the park, especially when it comes to your App's store position and ratings. One of the trickiest parts is maintaining a

As an observability tool, Grafana has a lot to offer. Not only can users utilize their opensource solution for decently comprehensive and scalable metrics, but they can take advantage of

Graylog is unique in the fact that it offers both a cloud and open-source solution. Many people know it well from its open-source capabilities, which are often more than enough

Catchpoint is a lesser-known but decently powerful web performance monitoring tool. It's designed to help companies monitor and test the health of their applications and websites as well as analyze