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Nicolas Narbais

Datadog Mastery: Logs

Datadog Mastery: Logs

Welcome to the Datadog Log Management Mastery series—a deep dive into the tools, strategies, and best practices that turn noisy log lines into actionable insights. Whether you’re just starting out or optimizing large-scale log pipelines, these tutorials and guides are designed to help you stay in control, reduce

By Nicolas Narbais 29 Jul 2025
Datadog Org migration checklist

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Datadog Org migration checklist

Before completing your migration, review the following checklist to ensure a smooth transition. 💡Checkout our complete article if something is unclear. ✅ Plan & Preparation: * Define the migration timeline and key milestones. * Identify all assets (dashboards, monitors, users, logs, integrations) that need migration. * Determine whether the migration is to a new

By Nicolas Narbais 04 Jun 2025
Your 23-Point Grok Parsing Cheat Sheet - Mastering Datadog Logs

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Your 23-Point Grok Parsing Cheat Sheet - Mastering Datadog Logs

Log parsing in Datadog is both an art and a science. Whether you’re just getting started or refining pipelines at scale, crafting robust parsing rules is critical to ensure logs are structured, searchable, and actionable. This cheatsheet provides a practical, battle-tested guide for building parsing logic—from foundational principles

By Nicolas Narbais 28 May 2025
Log Maturity: Score Assessment

Log Maturity: Score Assessment

Observability, like any other discipline, varies in implementation quality and maturity. This guide outlines key success criteria at each stage of the journey—from Pro to Legend to Icon. As a bonus, a scoring app link is provided at the end to assess your current maturity level. 📈 What Does It

By Nicolas Narbais 19 May 2025
Level Up Your Vercel Monitoring: Advanced Datadog Integration Techniques

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Level Up Your Vercel Monitoring: Advanced Datadog Integration Techniques

Using Vercel and looking for a powerful solution to monitor your app’s performance and reliability? This guide walks you through advanced observability using Datadog, going beyond the default integration to ensure your app stays optimized and running smoothly. Basic Setup To begin, set up the log drain to send

By Nicolas Narbais 12 May 2025
Automate Personalized Video Creation at Scale with Google Sheets and Synthesia

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Automate Personalized Video Creation at Scale with Google Sheets and Synthesia

Have you ever wished you could welcome each new hire with a personalized video? Or send hundreds of tailored messages to prospects or job candidates—without spending hours editing? Or maybe create a new video for a job posting to enrich every offers on your website? Video personalization is one

By Nicolas Narbais 07 May 2025
How to Optimize Synthetic Monitoring for UX, Coverage, and Cost

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How to Optimize Synthetic Monitoring for UX, Coverage, and Cost

What Are Synthetic Tests and Why Do They Matter? Synthetic monitoring is a proactive testing method that simulates user interactions with your website or APIs. These tests help you consistently assess key user experience (UX) elements and are frequently used to define and track Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Key

By Nicolas Narbais 05 May 2025
Mastering Visual Hierarchy in Video Production

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Mastering Visual Hierarchy in Video Production

Creating effective videos involves more than choosing a good script or adding attractive animations. It's about clearly guiding your viewers through a carefully structured visual journey. This article explains essential design principles for video creation, focusing on visual hierarchy, sequencing, and engaging your audience. Whether you're

By Nicolas Narbais 01 May 2025
Datadog Mastery: Infrastructure

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Datadog Mastery: Infrastructure

Welcome to the Datadog Mastery series—a collection of hands-on tutorials designed to guide you from your first Agent installation to advanced monitoring strategies. Whether you’re new to Datadog or looking to deepen your expertise, these videos and blog posts will give you practical knowledge and pro tips to

By Nicolas Narbais 28 Apr 2025
Kubernetes: Unlocking Cost Efficiency and Maximizing Cluster Potential

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Kubernetes: Unlocking Cost Efficiency and Maximizing Cluster Potential

Kubernetes is a powerful tool that delivers incredible benefits, including improved reliability, scalability, and significant cost savings. However, despite its widespread adoption—often through managed services—many users fail to fully grasp the responsibility it places on them. While reliability is always top of mind, achieving it in a cost-effective

By Nicolas Narbais 22 Apr 2025
Making Sense of OpenMetrics in Datadog: Gauges, Counters, and Histograms Demystified

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Making Sense of OpenMetrics in Datadog: Gauges, Counters, and Histograms Demystified

Let’s start with the basics—what exactly is OpenMetrics? Think of it as the Esperanto of monitoring data: a standardized, plain-text way of exposing metrics so that tools like Datadog can speak the same language across the board. It’s readable by humans and parsable by machines, supporting everything

By Nicolas Narbais 16 Apr 2025
Scaling Video Creation with the Synthesia API: Best Practices for Dynamic Media and Text

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Scaling Video Creation with the Synthesia API: Best Practices for Dynamic Media and Text

As personalized video becomes more critical in marketing, support, and internal comms, scaling content efficiently is a game-changer. With Synthesia’s API, you can automate the creation of hundreds (or thousands) of videos with dynamic elements — such as personalized text or variable images and videos — all within your existing workflows.

By Nicolas Narbais 15 Apr 2025
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