Honeycomb.io raises $11.4M to help developers observe and debug their apps
TechCrunch writer and editor Ingrid Lunden explores the origination of Honeycomb.io and the recent announcement that they have raised a Series A of $11.4 million. She writes, “The company says that it has doubled…
Working On Hitting a Release Cadence? CI/CD Observability Can Help You Get There
We recently sponsored our partner CloudBees’ conference DevOps World & JenkinsWorld in San Francisco and our message “Observe how Customers Experience Your Build” resonated well with the folks we met. Release engineers are critical…
In praise of developers who delete code
“Blessed are the code committers to open source projects. But more blessed are they who delete, for theirs is the kingdom of clean, efficient code.” TechRepublic writer Matt Asay acknowledges those who delete code, including…
Never Alone On Call
Does your organization have an on-call rotation? Several members of the Honeycomb engineering team recently hosted a live webcast about why they never feel alone when on-call at Honeycomb. Wait, that’s someone else’s job…
I test in prod
Increment magazine features an article written by Honeycomb’s CTO and co-founder Charity Majors. She writes about testing in prod and states “Testing in production is a superpower. It’s our inability to acknowledge that we’re doing…
An Interview with Observability Pioneer Charity Majors
Libby Clark, Editorial Director at The New Stack, interviews Charity Majors about observability around its 3 year anniversary. Charity explains how observability began, the reasons other approaches fall short, and why it must continue…
Observability — A 3-Year Retrospective
Charity Majors contributes an article to The New Stack that takes a look at how far observability has come. She describes its history, contributors, purpose, and her prediction for its future. “I believe that…
Velocity (& Reliability) – Two must-haves for every software engineering team
(Field notes from O’Reilly’s Velocity 2019 Show, San Jose.) It was steamy hot in San Jose during O’Reilly’s Velocity show and the normally frigid AC temps in the expo hall were welcomed by all…
The New Stack Context: Monitorama 2019
The New Stack staff shares a recorded podcast featuring Honeycomb’s Liz Fong-Jones at the Monitorama conference. Along with additional guest Quintessence Anx, they talk about “the culture of burnout in the IT industry and…
Summary of Chaos Community Day v4.0: Resilience, Observability, and Gamedays
InfoQ editor Daniel Bryant provides his key takeaways from the fourth edition of Chaos Community Days in New York. Charity Majors, Honeycomb co-founder and CTO, is highlighted for her talk on the prerequisites for…