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Why Python 2.7 Will Never Die

Python is a programming language originally developed in the late 1980s. Since then, it has seen continuous growth and remains one of the most popular programming languages, especially in data science. Many programmers learn Python as their first language, and it has a wide range of uses. Its second iteration, Python 2.0, landed in 2000, after extensive development throughout the 90s.

You Are Measuring API Active Users Wrong

API providers need to understand how their consumers are using their APIs. Usage metrics are essential because they tell you about API adoption, how your API is growing over time, and which endpoints are seeing more (or less) use. When you look at API usage metrics, you should be measuring the active users on your API in the sense that most closely aligns with your service.

Why SLAs Are Critical to Ensuring Data Reliability.

As far back as the 1920s, Service Level Agreements (SLA) were used to guarantee a certain level of service between two parties. Back then, it was the on-time delivery of printed AR reports. Today, SLAs define service standards such as uptime and support responsiveness to ensure reliability. The benefit of having an SLA in place is that it establishes trust at the start of new customer relationships and sets expectations.

Using Profiling in Elixir to Improve Performance

Elixir is all about performance. Say you have an app up and running with Elixir, but some parts aren't working as fast as you would like them to. That is where profiling comes in. Profiling tools usually walk you through the frequency and duration of function calls and where they spend their time. Erlang has impressive profile tooling available at its disposal. In this post, we will look into three profiling tools in Elixir: cprof, eprof, and fprof.

CLI Installer

While new cloud native architectures are incredibly feature-rich, they can come with a high barrier to entry. Many getting started tutorials are pages long and can take forever to complete. But these always start with the first step of performing an installation. In the spirit of making the installation of Speedscale as simple as possible, we have designed a new interactive installer as part of the speedctl command line interface.