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In my short career as a software engineer, I’ve worked for both BigCo and Startup, and learned volumes from each. BigCo likes systems, processes, standards, tests, specialists, chain-of-command. 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We prioritize server-side monitoring and collecting metrics on all our different databases, but often let tracking of...","date_published":"Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:26:40 -0700","date_modified":"Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:26:40 -0700","authors":[{"name":"Margo Schaedel","url":"https://www.influxdata.com/blog/author/margo-schaedel/","avatar":"//images.ctfassets.net/o7xu9whrs0u9/6rTT276KwZA2IV9Sod1BfG/29fb4ad17458faa2b8962830757895ee/Margo-Schaedel.jpg"}],"tags":["Chronograf","InfluxDB","Community","General","Tech Tips","Developer","DevOps","InfluxDB","InfluxData","Time Series Database","Timeseries","Data Analysis","Chronograf","Monitoring","Performance","Frontend","Metrics"],"author":{"name":"Margo Schaedel","url":"https://www.influxdata.com/blog/author/margo-schaedel/","avatar":"//images.ctfassets.net/o7xu9whrs0u9/6rTT276KwZA2IV9Sod1BfG/29fb4ad17458faa2b8962830757895ee/Margo-Schaedel.jpg"}},{"url":"https://www.influxdata.com/blog/mysql-metrics-part-i-throughput","title":"MySQL Metrics Part I: Throughput","content_text":"In a perfect world, this blog post is about MySQL metrics and monitoring throughput in MySQL. 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Let’s get started....","date_published":"Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:13:01 -0700","date_modified":"Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:13:01 -0700","authors":[{"name":"Katy Farmer","url":"https://www.influxdata.com/blog/author/katy-farmer/","avatar":"//images.ctfassets.net/o7xu9whrs0u9/1pc93DrLmzqxIA8LUU8HiG/e1e2f86f60fefa34c17c481c5e7fd7f7/Katy-Farmer.jpg"}],"tags":["Chronograf","General","Developer","Mysql","Chronograf","Influxql"],"author":{"name":"Katy Farmer","url":"https://www.influxdata.com/blog/author/katy-farmer/","avatar":"//images.ctfassets.net/o7xu9whrs0u9/1pc93DrLmzqxIA8LUU8HiG/e1e2f86f60fefa34c17c481c5e7fd7f7/Katy-Farmer.jpg"}},{"url":"https://www.influxdata.com/blog/how-ruby-brought-me-to-influxdata","title":"How Ruby Brought Me to InfluxData","content_text":"All new InfluxData team members write a “Why I Came to InfluxData” blog post. I was supposed to write it a month ago when I started, but there’s so much to learn here about the products and the amazing community that...","date_published":"Wed, 27 Dec 2017 13:48:45 -0700","date_modified":"Wed, 27 Dec 2017 13:48:45 -0700","authors":[{"name":"Katy Farmer","url":"https://www.influxdata.com/blog/author/katy-farmer/","avatar":"//images.ctfassets.net/o7xu9whrs0u9/1pc93DrLmzqxIA8LUU8HiG/e1e2f86f60fefa34c17c481c5e7fd7f7/Katy-Farmer.jpg"}],"tags":["InfluxData","Community","General","Developer","About Company"],"author":{"name":"Katy Farmer","url":"https://www.influxdata.com/blog/author/katy-farmer/","avatar":"//images.ctfassets.net/o7xu9whrs0u9/1pc93DrLmzqxIA8LUU8HiG/e1e2f86f60fefa34c17c481c5e7fd7f7/Katy-Farmer.jpg"}},{"url":"https://www.influxdata.com/blog/thingmonk-iot-insights","title":"ThingMonk 2017: Insight and Learning on IoT","content_text":"Back in September, I attended the ThingMonk Conference in London. 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