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Jiri Tomek

Jiri Tomek

Jiri Tomek

Jiri started coding in elementary school and wrote in several languages throughout his educational career. After receiving a master’s degree from the Brno University of Technology in 2009, Jiri joined SolarWinds and worked on many of the Orion® Platform products, which resulted in both patent applications and a fast promotion to Principal Developer. Most recently, Jiri has been working on SolarWinds SaaS products.

The Latest Posts Featuring Jiri Tomek

The High-Performance DBA: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in Modern Database Teams

In this article, Kevin Kline introduces The High-Performance DBA webcast series, drawing on insights from our recent State of Database Report to explain why DBA burnout is rising and how teams can move beyond constant reactivity.

April 1, 2026
Database
The High-Performance DBA: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in Modern Database Teams
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Inside the Black Box: Bridging the Database Observability Gap
March 27, 2026
Database

Over the past 15 years, Agile and DevOps have accelerated application delivery, enabling faster, more reliable releases. Yet the database layer often remains a blind spot for observability and performance monitoring.

In this article, Kevin Kline shows why closing the database observability gap is critical to improving performance, efficiency, and resilience for DBAs, developers, and the businesses that depend on their data.

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How We Monitor Elasticsearch With Metrics and Logs
March 14, 2022
Logs Monitoring and Observability
As an architect at SolarWinds, it’s essential to work with our own monitoring tools as a form of quality control and source for innovation. As one of the largest players in the…