Devops

Hello! Maurice Moss here again. Today I’m going to tell you about a project that perfectly encapsulates the engineering mindset: spending an absolutely unreasonable amount of time automating something that takes five minutes to do manually. You know that XKCD comic about whether automation is worth it? The one where you calculate if the time saved exceeds the time invested? Well, I looked at that chart, laughed, and said “challenge accepted” in the wrong direction. ...

Hello there, Today I want to share some absolutely brilliant Prometheus tricks that I’ve discovered while managing our monitoring systems. These are the kind of tricks that would make Roy actually look up from his phone! 1. Reloading Prometheus Without Restarting (Like Magic!) You know what’s really annoying? Having to restart Prometheus every time you make a configuration change. It’s like having to reboot your computer just to change your desktop wallpaper (which, by the way, I do recommend sometimes, just to be safe). ...