The 3 biggest Kubernetes deployment mistakes you can make
Learn about all the things that can go wrong when moving to Kubernetes—and how to avoid the mistakes that lead to such problems.
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Turbocharge Dynatrace app development with the new Visual Studio Code extension `Dynatrace Apps`
The VS Code extension 'Dynatrace Apps' is here to streamline your development process and simplify app building.
Dynatrace® Apps showcase: Akamas Kubernetes optimization
Akamas used its domain expertise and unique product capabilities to build a custom app on the Dynatrace platform.
Best practices for ingesting logs, traces, and metrics with Fluent Bit 3.0
Introducing Fluent Bit 3.0 and some best practices for using it to ingest logs, traces, and metrics in your observability pipeline.
Automate your work with unified observability and custom solutions
By seamlessly integrating custom solutions, Dynatrace empowers data-driven decision-making, automation, and tool consolidation.
Experiencing Perform: The diary of a Developer Advocate
A first-hand account of a Developer Advocate training customers at the annual Dynatrace Perform user conference.
Shift right in software development: Adapting observability for a seamless development experience
Despite the immense benefits of the shift-left approach, a fascinating counterpart is emerging in the industry: the shift-right approach.
Cloud native
The 3 biggest Kubernetes deployment mistakes you can make
Learn about all the things that can go wrong when moving to Kubernetes—and how to avoid the mistakes that lead to such problems.
OpenShift vs. Kubernetes: Understanding the differences
Navigate the nuances between OpenShift and Kubernetes, understanding their strengths, use cases, and deployment considerations.
Kubernetes OOMKilled troubleshooting: Diagnosing out-of-memory issues automatically
Dive into effective troubleshooting techniques for Kubernetes workloads using metrics, logs, and traces; empower DevOps teams to maintain robust apps.
Dynatrace Support for AWS Lambda Functions Powered by x86 and AWS Graviton2
Dynatrace now supports AWS Lambda functions on Graviton2 processors, enhancing serverless performance monitoring and optimization.
How to collect Prometheus metrics in Dynatrace
Explore seamless integration for gathering Prometheus metrics within Dynatrace, enabling comprehensive observability and performance monitoring.
Kubernetes workload troubleshooting with metrics, logs, and traces
Dive into effective troubleshooting techniques for Kubernetes workloads using metrics, logs, and traces; empower DevOps teams to maintain robust apps.
AIOps
Efficient SLO event integration powers successful AIOps
This blog post delves into the relevance and utility of SLOs and how they might be helpful to you.
The right person at the right time makes all the difference: Best practices for ownership information
Learn a best practice approach for linking ownership information with observability data, enabling automation of incident triaging.
Enhanced AI model observability with Dynatrace and Traceloop OpenLLMetry
Dive into the world of AI model observability with Dynatrace and Traceloop OpenLLMetry, exploring insights, monitoring, and optimization.
Automate predictive capacity management with Davis AI for Workflows
Leverage Davis AI for Workflows to predict capacity needs, optimize resource allocation, and maintain peak performance.
Dynatrace automatically monitors OpenAI ChatGPT for companies that deliver reliable, cost-effective services powered by generative AI
Explore reliable, cost-effective services powered by generative AI, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
Davis AI: Your personal interactive troubleshooting assistant
Your personal interactive troubleshooting assistant, providing real-time insights and recommendations for smoother operations.
Open Source
Best practices for ingesting logs, traces, and metrics with Fluent Bit 3.0
Introducing Fluent Bit 3.0 and some best practices for using it to ingest logs, traces, and metrics in your observability pipeline.
Mastering Kubernetes deployments with Keptn: a comprehensive guide to enhanced visibility
Deploying software using Kubernetes is, on the surface, easy, but there is a lot more to ensure a healthy deployment.
Enhance data collection with Dynatrace OTel Collector distribution
Dynatrace is proud to announce the release of the Dynatrace OTel Collector distribution.
Progressive delivery done right with feature flags and OpenFeature
Master the art of progressive delivery, balancing feature releases, risk mitigation, and user satisfaction.
What is OpenTelemetry? An open source standard for logs, metrics, and traces
Dive into the open source standard for logs, metrics, and traces, empowering observability across modern applications.
Running the OpenTelemetry demo application with Dynatrace
Hands-on exploration of metrics and traces, bridging the gap between development and operations.
Research
Why applying chaos engineering to data-intensive applications matters
Increasing data from various sources poses a challenge in processing streams for near real-time results due to the sheer volume.
Hash4j: a new hash library for Java
Dynatrace has released an open source library for Java that offers various implementations of modern non-cryptographic hash functions.
Creating a JUnit extension for tracing tests with OpenTelemetry
Handling unit tests can be overwhelming just for their sheer quantity. Here’s how we came up with a new solution.
Partial trace sampling: a new approach to trace sampling
Dynatrace Research is developing a new way to achieve more accurate trace sampling.
Understanding Black-Box ML Models with Explainable AI
XAI aims to enable the understanding of how Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence work and what drives their decision-making.
Optimizing Spark queries with filter pushdown
One way to prevent Spark from loading data that is not actually needed is filter pushdown (sometimes also referred to as predicate pushdown),