What happens if the OpenTelemetry collector cannot send data? Will it drop, queue in memory or on disk? Let's find out which settings are available and how they work! read more

OpenTelemetry is often associated with modern microservices and cloud-native applications. What happens if we apply OpenTelemetry and modern observability techniques to something completely different? read more

In one of my talks about OpenTelemetry I got a great question: Where is the RFC of the OpenTelemetry protocol? I've found the answer for you. read more

Linear regression is a very simple, powerful tool to predict the future. Especially when directly implemented in sqlite. read more

It's fun to make coffee with my simple espresso machine. The current work from home era allows me to learn a lot by practice. And I've practiced my milk frothing a lot lately. read more

'I have been helping customers with IT Operations issues for many years. One common pattern is to use Splunk as a central analytics platform. It can accelerate IT processes and make them more efficient' , Product Manager Erwin Vrolijk explains. read more

The Netherlands is a country with a lot of water. A big part of the country is even below sea level. And we even have a branch of government whose only concern is water management, water boards. I had the opportunity to show one of the boards how their work could be more efficient read more

The way to prepare an organization for a data-driven future is to collect use cases. These small business cases describe: which decisions you took, what data you need, and how this contributes to the strategic objectives of the organization. Let me tell you the four essential, most overlooked steps read more

Research on Artificial Intelligence already started in the seventies. Because of this, it is possible for a computer to learn something. A computer can now make predictions or recognize objects based on examples. read more

Machine Learning is a way to explain a computer what to do. You can’t just direct summon a computer do perform a task. That is why you give instructions on how to recognise relations and how features are recognized. read more

The last couple of years, we have seen several fantastic developments in the world of IT, systems are more and more being integrated (hyper converged) and standardized. At first sight this is great read more

We are using Wordpress in a not so common configuration: our installation is hosted with a self-signed ssl cert, and behind http-auth. With this setup image uploading fails when using the IOS app. read more

In the wordpress CMS, a thumbnail can be added to a post. You have to add this thumbnail manually to a post, even when the post contains an image. The 'Automatic Post Thumbnail' plugin automates the addition of thumbnails to posts. read more

Org-mode is part of the emacs text editor. It is a versatile ToDo-list manager, project planner, life manager. Org-mode has the ability to show information grouped by day, week, month or year. I added grouping by quarters to this list. read more

In the 1.3 version of InPlaceRichEditor, a script which enables TinyMCE to be used as a edit in place editor, lives a patch I created. This patch assures the TinyMCE editor is the same size as the text to be edited. read more