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Stop Guessing, Start Knowing: The Power of Integrated Logging and APM
Let's talk about something we've all experienced: a customer reports that their checkout process is "sometimes slow," – or maybe you noticed an unexpected spike in response times. So, you dive into the logs, grep through thousands of lines, and try to match timestamps...
Complement Your Monitoring: Making Logs Readable for Humans & Machines
While Scout provides powerful monitoring tools (try it now!) mastering logging is an awesome complement to these skills. In this post, we’ll see how to create readable, actionable logs for both humans and machines. You’ll improve your logging strategy, drastically...
Ruby memory mastery: a Scout roadmap to monitoring like a pro | part 3
What is good memory management in Ruby? In this post – the third part of our series – we’ll look at the best practices for preventing memory issues, how to identify and distinguish them, and how to use Scout like a pro to take your memory mastery to the next level. ...
Ruby memory mastery: a Scout roadmap to monitoring like a pro | part 2
Preventing and solving memory issues is at the heart of good memory management in Ruby – and of course, at Scout Monitoring, we also know that solid monitoring can be the X factor that makes all the difference. But what exactly are we looking for when we load up...
Scout Monitoring Changelog – September 2024
We had a couple of nice releases in September and we are still cranking away on some nice treats this month as well. Here’s what we are looking back on: Python Log Management We’ve released our python package for Log Management! It leverages a pre-configured Otel SDK...
Ruby memory mastery: a Scout roadmap to monitoring like a pro | part 1
How Ruby on Rails manages memory and how you can optimize it along with a list of common issues, causes, and solutions.
Scout Monitoring Changelog – August 2024
The Scout Monitoring product changelog for August 2024.
Setting Up A RESTful API With Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails offers a streamlined and efficient approach to building RESTful APIs, ideal for developing robust and scalable RESTful APIs.
Scout Monitoring Changelog – July 2024
The Scout Monitoring product changelog for July 2024.
Event-Driven Architectures with Django
What is event-driven architecture and how can it transform your Django e-commerce app? Learn how to integrate celery, RabbitMQ, Kafka and more, plus implementation tips.
Will AI coding create more monoliths?
AI-driven coding creates more volume, rework, churn and troubleshooting complexity—monolithic architectures and APM provide stability.
Integrating Ollama with a Ruby on Rails Application
How to use Ollama library to incorporate AI capabilities into Ruby on Rails applications.
Building AI With Ollama and Django
How to use Ollama library to incorporate AI capabilities into Django applications.
Resque v Sidekiq for Ruby Background Jobs Processing
Review Sidekiq and GitHub’s Resque for Rails background job processing. Compare the impact on your Rails app’s resource use, performance efficiency, and scalability.
Scaling Ruby on Rails Using Containerization and Orchestration
Tutorial on Kubernetes deployment with Ruby on Rails. Build highly scalable, resilient apps that can handle increased traffic and workloads.
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