THE COSTPERSEAT FIELD GUIDE
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Incident detection, response, and resolution automation for engineering and operations teams. AI agents that detect, triage, diagnose, and fix incidents automatically. Smart alerting that reduces noise by 91% using machine learning to identify important alerts.
PlanetScale provides cloud-hosted, scalable databases using Vitess for MySQL and Neki for sharded Postgres, designed for high speed and reliability with horizontal scaling and no downtime. It supports multi-tenancy and single-tenancy deployment options, including a managed service running in the customer's own AWS or GCP account with PlanetScale operating the database.
Termius is a modern SSH client available on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android that enables one-click connections from any device. It offers features like secure sync via encrypted vaults, SFTP, host grouping, and snippets to improve productivity and collaboration.
Typesense is an open-source, blazing-fast search engine designed for typo-tolerant, instant, and relevant site and app search. It supports simple APIs, vector and semantic search, and can be self-hosted or used via Typesense Cloud.
Algolia is a unified AI search and retrieval platform used by over 18,000 organizations worldwide. It offers agentic, generative, and search experiences that adapt to user intent and scale to high traffic and data volumes with high availability.
Grafana Cloud is an AI-powered observability platform built on open standards that unifies metrics, logs, traces, profiles, and business data. It supports full-stack observability and integrates with existing tools without requiring rip-and-replace, offering features like AI assistant, adaptive telemetry for cost optimization, and incident response management.
Heroku is a fully managed container-based cloud platform that enables developers to build, deploy, and scale applications using multiple programming languages. It offers integrated data services, a powerful ecosystem, and a developer experience focused on app-centric software delivery with support for popular developer tools and workflows.
Supabase is a platform for building production-grade applications with a full Postgres database, authentication, instant APIs, realtime data synchronization, functions, storage, and vector embeddings. It offers open source tools and supports scaling from hobby projects to millions of users.
Scaling organizations seeking enhanced productivity and collaboration. SAST, DAST, and compliance integrated in every pipeline for built-in security. Customizable workflows for development, testing, security, and deployment with AI agents automating repetitive tasks.
Streamlit is an open-source Python framework that enables data scientists and AI/ML engineers to create interactive data applications with minimal code. It allows building and sharing data apps quickly without requiring front-end development skills.
Terracotta Server Platform provides distributed in-memory data management for Java applications, enabling scalable and high-availability caching solutions. It supports clustering with configurable scale and failover, primarily used with Ehcache and TCStore.
The Three.js WebGPU Skill Pack provides 27 expert skills for Three.js WebGPU and TSL, including 10 visual demos and detailed implementation guidance. It supports building complex visual effects with a focus on expert-level workflows and evidence-based validation.
TurboStarter is a SaaS AI-optimized starter kit that enables launching web, mobile apps, and browser extensions with a unified codebase. It provides production-ready templates, comprehensive authentication, billing, and AI integration features to accelerate SaaS development.
VidKraken provides a REST API to download YouTube videos as MP4 or MP3 with no need for cookies or proxies. It handles YouTube's bot detection and retries automatically to ensure high reliability and zero maintenance for users.
Zero to Shipped is a web and mobile SaaS starter kit that provides a production-ready Next.js web app and Expo mobile app with a shared backend, enabling deployment in under 15 minutes. It includes essential features like authentication, admin panel, multi-tenant support, and background jobs, designed to help developers ship SaaS products faster.
OddsPapi is a real-time sports betting odds API providing pre-match, live, and historical odds from over 300 bookmakers across more than 60 sports. It supports extensive markets and leagues, offering low-latency WebSocket feeds and free historical data for developers building betting tools and analytics platforms.
Prelint is a tool that reviews product specifications on every pull request to catch product drift, inconsistencies, and misalignment before shipping. It records every decision made, making them traceable and providing a decision ledger for audit and compliance purposes.
Modernizing and deploying mission-critical enterprise applications on IBM Z, Linux, or cloud. High-performance database management system optimized for large-scale transaction processing. Data virtualization and movement to access and move data regardless of structure or location.