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Steve Newman / February 8

The Circle Expands Again…

It’s all about the data. Turns out it always was. When we started Scalyr, we initially focused on log analytics – providing engineering teams with a detailed, reliable view into their distributed systems. But our…
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Steve Newman / April 14

1000 Little Breakthroughs

How do you optimize a system by a factor of 100, when you already built it the best you knew how? In recent years, we’ve found ourselves in conversations with potential customers who would love…
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Erin Baez / July 30

Getting Started Quickly With PowerShell Logging

In our “Getting Started with Logging” series, we’ve already covered logging for many languages and frameworks: C#, Java, Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Symfony, Kotlin, Flask, Angular, and Laravel. Today, we’ll add another one…
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Erin Baez / July 27

Column Store vs. Row Store: Their Differences & How to Choose

Data storage is often oversimplified at the application development level. At the very least, whatever database management system (DBMS) is in use should consume and emit rows of data on command. However, when in use,…
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Erik Dietrich / July 23

Get Started Quickly With C# Logging

If you’re interested in getting started with C# logging as quickly as humanly possible, you’ve come to the right place. Today, we’ll look at just how to do that. This post is a tutorial that…
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Erik Dietrich / July 22

Understanding the Apache Error Log in Detail

Today features another post about the nuts and bolts of logging. This time, I’ll be talking about the Apache error log in some detail. Originally, I had a different plan and outline for this post.…
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Erin Baez / July 20

AWS Auto Scaling: Intro, Strategies & Tips to Keep in Mind

The term AWS Auto Scaling can quickly get confusing for a multitude of reasons. Is it different from AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Auto Scaling? Why is it a big deal in the first place…
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Erin Baez / July 16

Function as a Service (FaaS) Explained

Function as a service (FaaS), also known as “serverless” computing, is an option for deploying applications in the cloud. It’s been around for almost a decade and has been available from the mainstream cloud providers…
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Erin Baez / July 13

Real-Time Processing: Difference & (Dis)Advantage Over Batches

Every organization has a mine of data. And when organizations realize that they’re sitting on tons of valuable data, they want to put it to use. But data in its raw form isn’t useful. You…
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Erin Baez / July 6

Machine Data: What Is It & How to Get the Most Out of It

Data is king. The power that lies beneath the vast amounts of data that gets generated every second is beyond imagination. And the numbers don’t seem to slow down. On the contrary, they’re increasing exponentially.…
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Erin Baez / July 2

AWS Lambda Tutorial: A Guide to Creating Your First Function

AWS Lambda is one of the leading serverless architectures in the cloud today. It was first-to-market among the major cloud vendors, offers the most competitive pricing, and is employed by Netflix, one of the largest…
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Erin Baez / June 29

SQL vs NoSQL Performance: Where One Outperforms the Other

NoSQL databases have taken the world by storm in recent years. What started as a niche phenomenon grew to rival the popularity of the “old” SQL relational databases. However, relational databases still have their use…
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