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Enter the Metrics: Measure App Performance In Real-Time, On-Demand

When it comes to understanding what’s happening in your code – and your service health, specifically – business and code-level metrics are key. While most developers are experts in their own code, that doesn’t mean that they’re also experts on the metrics, statistics, or distributed tracing from the code they’re working with. The code-level metrics they need are tough to set up and it’s something that no one else can do for them.

DevSecOps Benefits & Challenges

DevSecOps is about ensuring security throughout the software cycle. While it offers many benefits, it also has its own challenges that you must understand. Performing AST (Application Security Testing) is a common and effective way to find vulnerabilities and weaknesses in an application and make it resistant to security threats. Traditionally, AST has been performed at the end of the software/application development process, more like an afterthought.

Continual + Hightouch: The AI for CX Upgrade

With inflation and other disruptive market dynamics massively impacting consumer behavior, is it any surprise that personalization tops the list of strategic actions for CMOs in 2023? Yep, people tend to stick around when digital products and experiences fulfill their personal needs quickly and accurately. And topping the list of powerful tools for personalization? Machine learning and AI, of course, from product recommendations to targeted offers based on digital customer and behavioral data.

Calling Ruby Methods in C: Avoid Memory Leaks

Memory leaks are a pain for gem users. They are hard to track and can lead to expensive infrastructure costs. Memory leaks within a C extension are even worse. You'll see a lot of tools and articles about finding leaks in Ruby. However, you don't have the same access to internals in C. A naive usage of rb_funcall can cause memory leaks: it's much better to use rb_protect instead. So, if you are a C extension writer, please read on for the sake of developers who will use your gem. Let's get started!

Why Column-Aware Metadata Is Key to Automating Data Transformations

Data, data, data. It does seem we are not only surrounded by talk about data, but by the actual data itself. We are collecting data from every nook and cranny of the universe (literally!). IoT devices in every industry; geolocation information on our phones, watches, cars, and every other mobile device; every website or app we access—all are collecting data. In order to derive value from this avalanche of data, we have to get more agile when it comes to preparing the data for consumption.

CircleCI Vs Travis CI: Which is the Best CI/CD Tool?

Today, CI/CD tools have become an inherent aspect of DevOps testing. There are various CI/CD tools available in the market, and finding the right one could be tedious. However, only a few CI/CD tools offer the entire continuous integration and deployment system. Leading among those few are CircleCI and Travis CI. To assist you in selecting the best CI/CD solutions, we present an in-depth CircleCI vs Travis CI comparison.

Top 10 Debugging Tools in 2023: The Only List You need!

As we move past the stage where automation is no longer the concern, intelligence is at the front seat, being the driving force of technology in almost every space. With lines of codes that are being thought upon, strategized upon, and then implemented, viruses, and bugs, are no Bueno. Since the world is moving more towards online communities than physical ones, these bugs and viruses create havoc and disorient business functioning.

A Complete Guide To CSS Headers

Welcome to our comprehensive CSS headers guide! We will begin with an overview of the many sorts of headers and their applications, followed by a deep examination of the various characteristics and approaches used to style headers. This article will give you with the information and skills you need to create professional-looking headers for your website, whether you’re a novice or an experienced developer.

How To Instrument Your Elixir Application with AppSignal

Instrumentation is an essential part of monitoring and operating an application, especially for apps heavily used in production. Even in today's everchanging technology landscape, visibility and observability still challenge developers and system administrators. Metrics and logging are essential for monitoring and operating an application. Metrics measure an application's performance and system health, while logging records system health and application state.