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The Basics Learn Signal Analog by doing. Signal Analog is a tool for generating SignalFx dashboards. It’s a Nike open source project on GitHub. My team is migrating from New Relic to SignalFx, and we have opted to use Signal Analog to create our SignalFx resources. Installation I ran these commands to add the signal_analog package to my project. mkdir learn-signal-analog cd learn-signal-analog printf 'signal_analog' > requirements.txt pip3 install -r requirements....

The Basics Learning SignalFx can be overwhelming. There is a multitude of ways to integrate it with your applications. Choice overload can quickly set in; I like to narrow in on a fundamental problem first to simplify learning. I want to monitor a PostgreSQL database so here we go. Facts It’s an operational intelligence tool designed to observe your systems. Costs $15.00 per host per month or $180 per year with host-based pricing Up to 10 containers per host are monitored with a host-based plan....

Learning Python has been something I’ve postponed over the years. I’ve run scripts here and there and created small scripts but nothing serious. I’m dealing with a scenario where I need to expand my knowledge. I’m excited about the opportunity, so here we go! This article assumes a working knowledge of the command line and at least one programming language. The Basics Python is an object-oriented, interpreted, and easy-to-learn programming language....

Deliver macOS system mail with the following instructions. These instructions apply to macOS Catalina. Why would you want to do this? You have cron jobs running on your system, and you want to receive emails when they fail You want to send an email when certain things happen on your system through Automator or other means Instructions Edit the /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd file sudu vi /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd Add this line of text [smtp.gmail.com]:587 <Your Email Id>@gmail....

Hello, this article is part of my Death by 1000 Cuts series that shines shine a light on glaring software development industry problems. I'm confident you'll find 1000 articles someday. Have you ever been stuck in whodunit limbo, wedged in between two companies with no way out? One company says their product no longer works because another company broke theirs. These days it’s usually a large company that breaks the product you’re using due to an API policy change....