One month on Linux after 30 years on Windows (as a software developer)

One month on Linux after 30 years on Windows (as a software developer)

Originally posted in Obics.io I moved from Windows to Linux 1 month ago, after using Windows for the last 30 years (and developing software 15 years). It wasn’t easy to leave my comfort zone, but I got so frustrated with Windows performance that I couldn’t take it anymore. As I was able to do more tasks in parallel with AI coding agents, the performance of the system degraded. I started having frequent crashes, a constant huge memory consumption, and overall slowness.

5 Strategies to Reduce Logging Costs

5 Strategies to Reduce Logging Costs

Originally posted in Obics.io If you’re not careful, logging costs can rise up to staggering amounts. Paying 5 or 10 (or more) percent of your cloud host costs for logging is just too much. And let’s be honest, most of the logs are redundant and never queried. But you still need logs just in case, otherwise, you’re blind in production next time there’s an incident. So let’s try to find a middle ground.

Preparing Your Codebase for AI Coding Agents

Preparing Your Codebase for AI Coding Agents

Originally posted in Obics.io The Brilliant New Hire With No Memory While LLM coding agents are extremely smart, they are pretty stupid about your own project. They don’t know what your app is trying to do, the architecture, or anything really. It’s like a very smart software developer on their first day in the office. No matter how smart they are, they won’t contribute much in their first month of work because you need domain-specific knowledge.

How to Multi-Task in Claude Code Without Losing Your Mind

How to Multi-Task in Claude Code Without Losing Your Mind

Originally posted in Obics.io I have been hearing of developers who run dozen agents in parallel and create 40 pull requests a day, but I never quite believed it myself. I was never able to do that because the mental overhead of multitasking was just too much for me. But in the last few weeks, I drastically changed the way I work as an experiment and I was able to do just that.

Demystifying DataDog Metrics Pricing: 2026 Ultimate Guide

Demystifying DataDog Metrics Pricing: 2026 Ultimate Guide

Originally posted in Obics.io So, you’re trying to understand why your DataDog metrics bill is so high and you can’t figure it out? You’re not alone. DataDog pricing is one of the great mysteries of the universe. But in this post, we’ll go over how it works and try to make it as clear as possible. The first part of the bill for infrastructure hosting is a fixed price per host.

Demystifying DataDog Logs Pricing

Demystifying DataDog Logs Pricing

Originally posted in Obics.io Understanding DataDog pricing sometimes feels like you need a PhD on the matter. Some would say on purpose. And it’s a shame that such a wonderful product is accompanied by a less pleasant side. So, in this post, we’ll be demystifying exactly how DataDog bills for its log offering, which optimizations help and which don’t, and the fine-print gotchas to look out for. Plans, discounts, and overage For a big company, DataDog will always have a discounted plan, signed after careful negotiations.