The digital panorama is a dynamic and ever-moving entity. Applications are no longer monolithic giants dwelling on predictable servers. Instead, they are complex webs of microservices, ephemeral serverless capabilities and containerized workloads, all operating across dispersed, multi-cloud environments. While this complexity fuels innovation and scalability, it also presents a formidable challenge: how do you truly understand what’s happening inside these complex structures? For years, the solution has been “observability,” often described by its “three pillars”: Metrics, Logs and Traces. These pillars have served us well, offering important information about system health. However, as structures grow in scale and dynamism, the limitations…
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SQL Saturday Baton Rouge is a great event hosted on LSU’s campus that has some of the best food, presenters, and attendees in the country! Had some incredible questions for my session and learned a ton throughout the conference. Thank you to all the sponsors and volunteers who make this event happen year after year (16 years running!). It’s one of the first events I ever spoke at (https://dataonwheels.wordpress.com/2022/08/23/sql-saturday-baton-rogue-recap/), and I’m so excited I was able to speak here again! Here’s a link to the event where you can find other incredible speakers and sessions! Pictured below are some of…
Python has long been the go-to language for machine learning. With the release of Python 3.13, the language brings improved performance and subtle changes that streamline ML workflows even further. Whether you’re just getting started or revisiting the fundamentals, this guide lays out the essentials of machine learning using Python’s latest version—with clarity, practicality, and a focus on real-world examples.What Is Machine Learning, Really?Machine learning is a method of teaching computers to recognize patterns and make decisions without being explicitly programmed. It relies on algorithms that learn from data, refine their output over time, and make predictions or classifications based…
A survey of 185 software development professionals who have adopted the Argo continuous delivery (CD) platform finds that 97% are now using it in production environments, with 60% running Argo for more than two years. Only 10% of respondents are still evaluating Argo.Conducted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) that oversees the development of Argo, the survey finds 42% now oversee more than 500 applications per Argo CD instance, with 25% connecting those instances to more than 20 clusters. More than three-quarters of respondents are managing six or fewer instances of Argo, the survey finds.Originally developed by Intuit, Argo…
When I started building the CIAM Platform and scaling it to serve billions of users, our DevOps processes looked quite different from what’s possible today. We spent countless hours managing deployments, monitoring infrastructure and responding to incidents that could have been prevented with better predictive capabilities. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally changing how DevOps teams work, and I want to help you understand exactly how these changes can benefit your organization. Think of traditional DevOps as manually piloting an airplane. You need skilled engineers monitoring dozens of instruments, making constant adjustments and responding quickly when problems arise. AI-powered DevOps is…
The race to accelerate modernization across business units within an organization has led to an API explosion, but with little consideration for how AI is changing the way different software systems communicate with each other, share data and trigger actions. We’re seeing AI tools not only consume APIs at an unprecedented rate but also accelerate their creation, which in turn spurs uncontrolled proliferation and decentralized management that surfaces new challenges and risks, especially if the underlying API ecosystem isn’t well managed. The nature of how AI interacts with systems requires a new kind of API paradigm – one that’s more dynamic,…
URL Encoder/DecoderEncode or decode URL strings easily Encode Decode Clear All URL encoding and decoding are fundamental concepts in web development and network communications. When data is transmitted over the internet, URLs must conform to a specific format defined by RFC 3986. This format restricts certain characters because they have special meaning in a URL’s structure. As a result, strings containing characters like spaces, punctuation, or non-ASCII symbols must be encoded to be safely included in a URL. Encoding transforms these characters into a percent-encoded sequence that uses only allowed characters, ensuring that the URL can be interpreted correctly by…
The software development landscape has always been defined by a fundamental tension: The gap between having a brilliant idea and bringing it to life. For decades, developers have navigated complex setup processes, configuration headaches and deployment pipelines that could take weeks to establish before writing a single line of meaningful code. GitHub’s latest innovation, Spark, promises to collapse this timeline from weeks to minutes.Breaking Down the Implementation BarrierGitHub Spark, now available in public preview for Copilot Pro+ subscribers, represents a paradigm shift in how we approach application development. At its core, Spark eliminates the traditional friction points that prevent rapid…
Unix Timestamp ConverterConvert between Unix timestamps and human-readable dates. Convert Timestamp Convert Date Clear All I built this Unix timestamp converter because I found myself repeatedly writing small scripts to translate between Unix epoch times and dates I could read. As a developer, logs and APIs often gave me numbers like 1703865600 and I had to look up what those numbers meant. Over time it became second nature to mentally divide by 1000 or 1000 to convert milliseconds and seconds, but it was error prone. Creating a simple web page where I could paste a number and instantly see the…
Binary to Text ConverterPaste your binary string and get the plain text instantly. Convert to Text Clear All Why I Built ThisI often found myself stuck with binary code snippets that I needed to read quickly. Sometimes it was for debugging encoded messages, other times I was just curious about what a binary payload represented. Instead of copying bits into an online tool that bombarded me with ads or weird permissions, I decided to make my own. A lightweight, fast, browser-based converter that just works.That is how this Binary to Text Converter was born. I made it so that any…