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SLO: The unexpected power of metrics

When operating a product or building an infrastructure, it is normal to ask yourself the question "Is my application working well?" In general, it is common to have two answers in these kind of cases:  Use monitoring to check if the application is working properly. Set up an alerting system to be aware of possible problems in the system However, we rarely wonder if alarms are relevant in my specific context (ex: when a container restarts) or if the metrics on my pre-made dashboards will…

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Identify performance issues in your Android application

A smooth user experience is a common attribute of all the successful Android applications. It might sound as an obvious statement but many are the applications that are a little bit “laggy”. Moreover android developers are use to test their application mostly on high-end devices (generally their own devices), forgetting that their app will be run on cheaper devices, which will deteriorate the app smoothness a lot. It is pretty easy to find documentation on the Internet that will give you advices to have an efficient…

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