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…
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…
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…
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…
Honeycomb: Debugging, Collaboration Made Easier
Susan Hall of The New Stack describes Honeycomb’s new features: a redesigned home page, BubbleUp, distributed tracing accessed with a click, and added collaboration features. She explains how these new features are “designed to…
Sustainable Operations in Complex Systems with Production Excellence
Honeycomb’s Liz Fong-Jones explains the necessity of production excellence in her post “Sustainable Operations in Complex Systems with Production Excellence.” “In order to succeed at production ownership, a team needs a roadmap for developing the…
Not Everything Is Tech Debt, There are two stories here, and one is about risk
Engineer John Obelenus explains the difference between technical debt and escalating risk in his article “Not Everything is Tech Debt.” He also recommends Honeycomb for unexpected errors. “Once a system is even close to…