Guides
Practical guides for engineers and IT leads. Each fact links to the vendor or project page it comes from.
- AI agents in production: what to set up before go-live What an AI agent is, and what it needs before it runs a real company process: one task, limited rights, approvals, tests, logs, cost tracking and a fallback. Read the guide →
- Application Insights SDK 2.x retirement: how to migrate to OpenTelemetry Microsoft retires the .NET Application Insights SDK 2.x on 31 March 2027. Your options, what changes in code, and the order to migrate service by service. Read the guide →
- Datadog cost: what drives the bill and how to control it Datadog pricing explained in plain words: what hosts, custom metrics, logs and APM count, which units grow, and which controls Datadog offers. Read the guide →
- EKS extended support: what it costs and how to plan the upgrade What EKS extended support costs per cluster, how long each Kubernetes version is supported, what happens at the end, and how to plan the upgrade. Read the guide →
- Kubernetes cost optimization: where cost comes from and what to do first Where Kubernetes cost comes from and the order to work on it: requests, cost per team, right-sizing, autoscaling, nodes, spot and idle environments. Read the guide →
- Windows Server 2016 end of support: what to do before 12 January 2027 Windows Server 2016 end of support is 12 January 2027. What it means, the options (upgrade, new server, Azure, ESU) and the order to work in. Read the guide →