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Rails 8 Introduces Built-in Health Check Endpoint with Log Silencing Option

Rails 8 comes with a new feature that makes monitoring your application’s health much easier: a built-in health check endpoint. This simple yet powerful addition helps developers ensure their applications are running smoothly without requiring custom code.

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Fixing Truncated Output in RSpec Error Messages

When working with large hashes or arrays in RSpec, you’ve likely encountered truncated output that makes debugging difficult. Let’s examine this common problem and its simple solution.

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Setting up NFS Storage for Kubernetes: A Complete Guide

In Kubernetes environments, managing persistent storage is crucial for stateful applications. Network File System (NFS) provides a reliable and straightforward solution for implementing shared storage across your Kubernetes cluster. This guide will walk you through setting up an NFS server and configuring it with Kubernetes using the NFS Subdir External Provisioner.

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Rethinking the Feedback Cycle: Why Over-Engineered Orchestration Hurts Development and Production…

In the world of modern software development, we are often sold on the idea that complex CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes clusters, and fully automated deployment workflows are the pinnacle of efficiency. On paper, it sounds great — every change goes through rigorous automated testing, containerized builds, and orchestrated rollouts via EKS, ECS, or similar systems.

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Monitoring Amazon Timestream Health in Your Rails Application

When building robust applications, it’s crucial to have visibility into the health of all your external services. I always advocate for implementing a comprehensive vitals checking system in every project. Today, let’s focus on how to implement health checks for Amazon Timestream in a Rails application.

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Installing EventMachine Gem from Source on Apple Silicon Macs

EventMachine is a popular Ruby gem that provides event-driven I/O using the Reactor pattern. While it’s typically installed via a simple gem install eventmachine, Apple Silicon (M1/M2) Mac users often encounter compilation issues when installing from source. This guide walks through the common problems and provides a detailed solution.

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The AI Takeover: Stack Overflow Falls Victim to Changing Times

In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has left no industry untouched. One of the latest casualties of this revolution is Stack Overflow, the beloved question-and-answer platform that has long been a go-to resource for developers worldwide. As the era of AI-powered chatbots and similar technologies dawns, Stack Overflow finds itself struggling to adapt, resulting in a significant decline in traffic, layoffs, and an uncertain future.

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NETDATA — Monitor everything in real time

Netdata is a powerful monitoring and troubleshooting tool. It consists of two main components: the Netdata agent and the Netdata Cloud.

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Provisioning a Self-Signed Certificate (SSL) for Nginx in a Docker Environment

In this article, let's see how to quickly set up an NGINX container with a self-signed certificate using Docker without having to manually construct or modify a single thing!

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Install rdkafka on Apple Silicon M1/M2 (for Rosetta Ruby)

If you have to install rdkafka to work with the Rosetta Ruby in an Apple Silicon Mac, you will have to do the following steps.

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Why are enterprises struggling to get out of Oracle?

In today’s technology landscape, where cloud computing and open-source software reign supreme, many companies are finding it hard to move away from their longstanding reliance on Oracle. Despite its poor reputation and high costs, Oracle has created deep dependencies for many businesses, making it difficult for them to adopt alternative database solutions. Additionally, the recent shift towards Apple’s M1 hardware has presented new challenges for Oracle users, further reducing productivity and pushing companies towards alternative options.

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DialogFlow chatbot integration Part-II

In the Dialogflow chatbot integration Part-I, you learned how to create a chatbot with provided Training phrases and output response, in this blog you will learn how to connect Dialogflow to your server, send a request to the server from Dialogflow, and receive a response from your server.

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