October 2025 is still tough in cloud computing, as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure two major cloud providers experience a massive outage, affecting a multimillion userbase, and who knows how many systems worldwide. Not only do these massive outages expose the fickle and brittle nature of the increasingly well-connected global cloud infrastructures, they also reiterate the cloud’s complexity and demand for solid development and infrastructure oversight. In this article, we break down both outage incidents including the timing, the technical cause of the incidents, overview of the service impact, and much-needed lessons for cloud architects and DevOps dots. Continue reading “Complete Case Study On The AWS and Azure Outages Of October 2025”
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Logs to Alerts with CloudWatch Filters
Why Alarms Matter in Cloud Infrastructure
Proactive monitoring for reliable cloud systems
The Critical Role of Monitoring
In any modern cloud-based architecture, monitoring and alerting play a critical role in maintaining reliability, performance, and security.
Beyond Just Logs
It’s not enough to just have logs-you need a way to act on those logs when something goes wrong. That’s where CloudWatch alarms come.
The Cost of Being Reactive
Imagine a situation where your application starts throwing 5xx errors, and you don’t know until a customer reports it. By the time you act, you’ve already lost trust.
Alarms prevent this reactive chaos by enabling proactive monitoring—you get notified the moment an issue surfaces, allowing you to respond before users even notice.
The Risks of Operating Without Alarms
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Missed Error Spikes
You might miss spikes in 4xx/5xx errors that indicate growing problems.
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Reactive Mode
You’re always proactive instead of reactive.
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Lack of Visibility
Your team lacks visibility into critical system behavior.
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Diagnosis Challenges
Diagnosing issues becomes more difficult without early signals.
The CloudWatch Alarm Solution
Due to all the reasons above, that’s why I decided to implement AWS CloudWatch Alarms using Metric Filters—a cost-effective, powerful way to monitor logs and trigger alerts based on specific patterns.
How to Monitor Open Telemetry Collector Performance: A Complete, Production -Grade Guide
In modern distributed systems, observability is not a luxury—it’s a necessity. At the center of this landscape stands the Open Telemetry Collector, acting as the critical data pipeline responsible for receiving, processing, and exporting telemetry signals (traces, metrics, logs).
However, monitoring the monitor itself presents unique challenges. When your OpenTelemetry Collector becomes a bottleneck or fails silently, your entire observability stack suffers. This comprehensive guide will walk you through production-tested strategies for monitoring your OpenTelemetry Collector’s performance, ensuring your observability infrastructure remains robust and reliable.
AWS For Beginners: What Is It, How It Works, and Key Benefits
DevOps Explained: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters
Introduction to DevOps
DevOps has made a significant impact by reducing the gap between software developers and IT operations. This approach promotes collaboration between the two groups throughout the software lifecycle, simplifying the development process, speeding up delivery and leading to better results.
In this blog post, we will discuss in-depth, the importance of DevOps methodology in contemporary software development. We’ll examine the tools that facilitate this process, the benefits it provides, the potential challenges teams face, and how DevOps is reshaping team collaboration for faster, more efficient, and higher-quality results.
Continue reading “DevOps Explained: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters”