Metrics vs. Logs vs. Traces (vs. Profiles)
Instrumenting Node.js code with Prometheus custom metrics
How to instrument your Node.js code with custom Prometheus metrics using the prom-client package.
Bad Observability
There’s plenty of content out there telling you how to implement observability, or what good looks like. But what about bad observability?
Grafana vs. Power BI vs. SquaredUp
Compare Grafana vs. Power BI, and SquaredUp. See feature comparisons and the best use case for each platform. See the comparison
SRE Trends from AWS re:Invent 2022
A summary of the SRE and observability trends that Stephen observed at AWS re:Invent 2022 including serverless, observability data meshes, and more.
New Year’s (observability) Resolutions
See Stephen Townshend’s wish list for observability in 2023. He covers both what he’d like to see in the industry, and what he personally wants to learn in the New Year.
Slight Reliability joins SquaredUp!
Slight Reliability is now a part of SquaredUp! Read this interview with CEO Richard Benwell and Slight Reliability host Stephen Townshend to learn more.
Merry Christmas from SquaredUp
What a year it has been. Among many exciting changes, we welcomed a whopping 22 new starters, and launched a new product!
Jira Automation Demystified
Repetitive tasks can be time consuming. In an ideal world, automation would remove all of the grunt work when it comes to solving business problems, freeing us up to execute on more strategic decisions. Luckily, Jira has the capabilities to take a load of tasks off your hands – including tracking your issues, posts, features,…
SCOM MI reporting – New SquaredUp Plugin
In line with the release of SCOM MI, we’ve partnered with Microsoft to launch a plugin that takes your SCOM MI reporting to the next level.
We are officially a Great Place to Work!
We’re thrilled to share that SquaredUp has been ranked 4th on the list of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Tech 2022! ?
Introducing SquaredUp Cloud
Announcing the launch of SquaredUp Cloud – a new kind of business intelligence (BI) tool – designed to help product, engineering, and IT teams easily discover and share insights from their data.
SLO walkthrough: measuring microservice performance
See how our SLO dashboards help you identify the right things to measure, get the right data and surfaces results in a way that engages stakeholders and teams.