Month: May 2022

GitHub Copilot is now Generally Available. For enterprises, adoption requires addressing IP concerns, security, and developer training. Key Settings Suggestions Matching Public Code: Disable to avoid copyright concerns. Allow Suggestions from Public Repos: Enable for better accuracy (toggleable). Productivity Impact In our pilot, developers reported 30-40% reduction in boilerplate time. However, code review time increased […]

At scale, telemetry volume overwhelms budgets. Sampling reduces data while preserving insights. Adaptive Sampling (Default) Automatically adjusts rate to stay within 5 items/second per server. Good for most cases. Fixed-Rate Sampling Tip: Exclude failures and slow requests from sampling to ensure you never miss issues.

CloudWatch Logs Insights uses a SQL-like query language. Here are my most-used patterns. Find Errors Latency Percentiles

Cosmos DB now supports multi-level partition keys. This solves the “hot partition” problem for multi-tenant applications. Data is now partitioned by Tenant → Year → Order. This distributes write load across many physical partitions while allowing efficient queries within a tenant.

Single Table Design (STD) is the most controversial and misunderstood DynamoDB pattern. The premise: store all entity types in one table, use generic partition and sort keys, and leverage Composite Primary Keys and GSIs for access patterns. When done correctly, STD eliminates N+1 queries, reduces costs, and simplifies IAM. When done incorrectly, it creates debugging […]

The Azure Functions Premium Plan (EP1, EP2, EP3) eliminates the pain points of the Consumption plan: cold starts, 10-minute timeouts, and limited VNET connectivity. However, Premium comes at a significant cost premium, and choosing incorrectly can result in either poor performance or wasted spend. This guide provides a data-driven approach to deciding when Premium makes […]