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Why My Rock Career Ended at 4:30 AM
The day started with a bold attempt at something new. At 4:00 AM, I decided to pick up an electric guitar, fully expecting to awaken my inner rock star. Spoiler alert: that didn’t happen. By 4:30 AM, it was painfully clear that my talents lay elsewhere. Instead of pursuing stardom, I gave the guitar to…
The Interplay of Ethics, Technology, and Human Nature: A Reflection on AI and Personal Growth
In a world increasingly driven by technology, where artificial intelligence takes center stage, it’s easy to marvel at the possibilities while overlooking the deeper questions. As someone deeply embedded in the technical realm, I often find myself reflecting on the balance between creating impactful systems and the ethical implications they carry. Today’s musings brought forward…
How AI Becomes a Partner in a Competitive Niche
A Unique Collaboration Working in a highly competitive niche means always staying ahead, constantly innovating, and ensuring that the solutions I create are not only effective but also cutting-edge. This kind of environment doesn’t allow for stagnation; it demands continuous progress. However, balancing technical depth with a clear vision of what works can be challenging.…
Behind the Scenes: Delivering Real-Time News to Apps
In today’s fast-paced digital world, delivering news in real-time has become a fundamental expectation for users. This is especially true in the context of sports apps, where up-to-the-minute updates can make or break the user experience. But what does it take to build and maintain a system capable of delivering seamless news updates, push notifications,…
A Weekend in the Life of a Tech Enthusiast
Weekends are typically a time to relax, unwind, and recharge. For most people, that might involve a Netflix marathon, a lazy morning, or a walk in nature. For me, though, weekends are something entirely different—they’re a chance to dive headfirst into my world of systems, code, and optimization. Here’s a peek into what my weekends…
From Logs to Insights: Leveraging Load Balancer Data for Smarter Monitoring
In a complex infrastructure, where load balancers are key to ensuring smooth traffic flow, gaining actionable insights from traffic patterns is critical. The challenge? Turning raw log data into meaningful information. Recently, we embarked on a project to extract valuable data from our load balancer logs, integrate it into our monitoring system, and prepare for…
Unlocking the Power of Semantic Connections on Your Website
In today’s digital world, simply publishing content isn’t enough. To stand out, your website needs to be smart, not just stuffed with keywords. One of the most effective strategies for improving user engagement and SEO is leveraging semantic connections to organize and present your content intelligently. This not only makes it easier for visitors to find what…
The Human Side of Technology: Learning, Growing, and Creating
With 35 years of experience in programming and managing complex systems, I thought I had seen it all. But the past few months have shown me there is always something new to learn. While I have a strong foundation in IT, technologies like MongoDB, InfluxDB, SQLite, Python, and machine learning were uncharted territory for me.…
By 2030, Our Monitoring System Decided We Weren’t Needed Anymore
Six years ago, it was just a humble monitoring project. We wrote a few scripts, set up agents, and proudly collected CPU and RAM metrics. But by 2030, that “simple system” has evolved into something far beyond what we ever imagined—or intended. Somewhere along the way, it decided it didn’t need us anymore. Spoiler alert:…
5 Things We Got Wrong While Building Our Monitoring and Backup Systems
Building a robust IT infrastructure is never a straightforward task. Between monitoring and backups, we thought we had it all figured out—until reality hit. While the end result is a system we’re proud of, the journey was anything but perfect. Along the way, we made our share of mistakes. But each misstep taught us something…
From Logs to Intelligence: A Day in the Life of Building a Smarter Monitoring System
What started as a normal workday quickly turned into an epic adventure filled with logs, tables, APIs, and the occasional “database locked” error. Today, I teamed up with my trusted assistant (yes, that’s you, Binky!) to build a smarter, leaner monitoring infrastructure. Along the way, we faced mysterious InfluxDB issues, tangled SQL logic, and the…
Scaling Our Monitoring System with Dynamic Agents
In our previous blog, we explored how we integrated data collection and predictive modeling into our API. Since then, we’ve taken our monitoring system to the next level with a dynamic agent-based approach. Here’s what we’ve accomplished: The Problem We Solved As we scaled up, we realized that each server’s monitoring requirements could differ. Some…
