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NetApp Leverages Time Series Data for Real-Time Resource Trending and Alerting

tl;dr: NetApp, a leader in cloud data services, storage systems and software, uses time series data for real-time resource trending, SLO/SLI calculations, and alerting. Their SRE team identifies trends in resource consumption for critical Linux servers, DB monitoring, and custom resource monitoring. The team appreciates the high ingest, tool integration, and performance of InfluxDB, their chosen time series database. They also value its integration with Grafana for dashboards and Slack for global team communication.

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AI Is Better At Writing Code Than Reading Code. Here’s Why.

- Daksh Gupta tl;dr: Have you ever been handed a new codebase at your job and been completely lost? I have. While LLMs have been generating code for months, the problem of reading, understanding and navigating existing large codebases remains unsolved. In this article, I explore why.

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Configuration-As-Code: Automating Application Configuration

- Ran Cohen tl;dr: The concept of Configuration-as-Code (CaC) transforms how we manage application configurations. Say goodbye to outdated ENV files and embrace the power of CaC. To learn more about CaC and its benefits, read the full blog post.

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Building a SaaS API? Don't Forget Your Terraform Provider

tl;dr: The article highlights the importance of Terraform providers for SaaS platforms and how providers simplify infrastructure management, promote consistency, aid scalability, automate tasks, and enable auditing. It also mentions examples of Terraform providers for SaaS platforms and discusses the benefits and traits of good candidates for Terraform integration.

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Bfs 3.0: The Fastest Find Yet!

- Tavian Barnes tl;dr: Bfs or Breadth-First Search is a custom tool for traversing and searching through a filesystem. Tavian highlights the new features introduced in version 3.0, specifically the implementation of asynchronous, parallel directory traversal.

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APIs Vs SDKs: Why You Should Always Have Both

tl;dr: This post explains what APIs and SDKs are, exploring the different use cases, examples and best practices for each, and explaining why having both are necessary.

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Introducing HogQL: Direct SQL Access For PostHog

- Andy Vandervell Joe Martin tl;dr: “You can use HogQL expressions to, among other things, enhance insights, filter event lists, and write full queries to analyze data in any way you want.” The authors demonstrate the various things you can do with HogQL.

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Design + Build Any Chat Use Case

tl;dr: Build real-time chat messaging in less time. Rapidly ship in-app messaging with our highly reliable chat infrastructure and feature-rich SDKs. Improve your overall in-app conversion, engagement, and retention.

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10 Best AI Chrome Extensions For Developers

- Eli McGarvie tl;dr: (1) ChatGPT for Google: works with Google to provide developers with tailored search results designed to meet specific needs. (2) Fireflies.ai: AI-powered meeting assistant to help developers save time and stay organized. (3) Compose AI: create written content as part of work. And more.

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6 Websites You’ll Love As A Developer

- Mohammed Dakir tl;dr: (1) Ray: quick and easy way to create beautiful code snippets for documentation or sharing purposes. (2) Roadmap: comprehensive technology roadmaps for various career paths in software development. (3) Readme: helps developers create beautiful, interactive, and user-friendly documentation for their software products. And more.

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