Below is a curated list of 42 free books that provide valuable advice for first-time founders. Each title links directly to a free copy of the book. The authors are noted in italics, the free format is shown in parentheses and whether you need to provide an email to download, and a short summary explains why the book is useful.Let’s get started! 🚀 The Lean Startup – Eric Ries (HTML – no sign-up) – How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. As a Man Thinketh – James Allen (HTML/EPUB/Kindle – no sign-up) – Philosophical essay linking…
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Tabnine introduces Tabnine Agentic, a new generation of AI agents that automate multi-step DevOps workflows including refactoring, debugging, and documentation. Built on Tabnine’s Context Engine, these agents bring governance, cost control, and compliance to AI-powered code development.
Have you ever added a visual to a Power BI report page and published the updated report only to realize you forgot to adjust a related bookmark? It’s very easy to do. The Power BI user interface doesn’t allow you to determine which visuals are included in a bookmark that includes only selected visuals. And it takes at least 4 clicks to open the Bookmarks and Selection tabs, and then select a bookmark to see which visuals are visible or hidden when the bookmark is selected. If you’d rather not have to click around and guess, you can parse the…
Database migrations are where great product ideas go to die—unless you plan for SQL Server’s quirks and the realities of production load. Below are the most common mistakes I see, plus concise patterns to avoid them. Every item has a tiny, copy-pasteable example.1) “Online” index changes that still block (and can’t be paused)Even online operations need brief S/Sch-M locks; without guardrails they can block or be blocked.BadBetter — wait politely, bail out if needed, and make it resumable2) Auto-created / auto-dropped indexes (Azure automatic tuning surprises)If you use Automatic Tuning in Azure SQL Database, it may create and drop indexes.…
Debian offers several tools for managing software packages, each serving a specific purpose in the package management ecosystem, and understanding when and how to use each tool will help you maintain your system effectively. Understanding the Package Management Hierarchy In Debian, package management works in layers, and each tool plays a different role: dpkg is the core tool that is used to install, remove, and inspect .deb package files directly, but it does not handle downloading packages or figuring out dependencies. apt and aptitude operate on top of dpkg and they retrieve packages from online repositories and automatically handle dependencies,…
As cloud-native systems grow more complex, traditional monitoring falls short. AIOps brings AI, automation, and predictive insights to DevOps—enabling real-time detection, diagnosis, and resolution across distributed environments for faster, smarter operations.
Kong Inc. has integrated Model Context Protocol (MCP) support into Insomnia 12, enabling DevOps teams to design, test, and secure MCP clients and servers for AI-driven APIs—reducing misconfigurations and enhancing compliance in rapidly evolving AI environments.
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Observe Inc. introduces the AI SRE Agent and o11y.ai Agent to its observability platform—empowering DevOps teams to automate incident triage, generate OpenTelemetry code, and query application performance using natural language for faster, smarter debugging.
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