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14 Jan 2023
When to Alert on What?
We have all been there when we go into a new company or team, looking at their stack and especially alerting, and somet...
15 Nov 2021
What should be on a SLI dashboard
SRE practices and particularly the observability part help us keep a clear head by focusing on few key signals that mat...
01 Feb 2021
Prometheus at Scale with Thanos: Timing Parameters
The story begins a few weeks or months after you have had the epiphany to scale out your Prometheus setup with Thanos. ...
19 Aug 2020
Axe Sharpening or Yak Shaving?
We often use many tools in our everyday activities. Tools enable us to be faster and more precise while allowing us to ...
13 Aug 2020
Alerting issues with Alertmanager
Alerting is a vital part of operations, as it frees humans from watching systems and let them tend to more creative and...

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