April Newsletter
Agent releases across Ruby, Python, Elixir, CLI, and MCP. BackerKit on switching from Datadog. Scout on AWS Marketplace. Blue Ridge Ruby and PHPverse. And something in the works we think you will like.
Scout Blog
Stuff we think matters
Ecto N+1 Queries: Detection and Prevention in Elixir
How to find, fix, and prevent N+1 queries in Elixir applications using Ecto. Covers Repo.preload, inline preloads, Oban jobs, Phoenix LiveView patterns, and automatic detection with Scout.
N+1 Queries in Rails: A Guide to Detection and Prevention
How to find, fix, and prevent N+1 queries in Rails applications. Covers ActiveRecord includes, preload, eager_load, the Bullet gem, Sidekiq jobs, and automatic detection with Scout.
What is Application Performance Monitoring (APM)?
Application performance monitoring gives engineering teams visibility into how their software behaves in production. Here is what APM is, what it measures, and how modern teams use it to go from alert to fix.
BackerKit Went from Datadog to Scout: A Weekly Sync Actually Works Now
BackerKit's lean engineering team manages $3.7B in crowdfunding pledges with five developers. Here is how switching from Datadog to Scout changed their weekly performance routine and how they are using Scout MCP with GitHub Copilot.
The 9 Application Performance Metrics You Need to Measure and Why
Understanding what your application performance metrics mean both independently and together is key in effectively using your APM system.
How We Do Support at Scout
Scout treats support as a differentiator. Real humans answer your questions, AI handles the research behind the scenes, and the same MCP servers and CLI tools we use internally are available to every customer.
Stop Starting Your Day in a Stack Trace
A workflow that connects Scout's MCP server to an AI assistant to automatically triage production errors overnight and open draft PRs with proposed fixes — so your team starts the day reviewing solutions, not stack traces.
March Newsletter
Elixir agent 2.0 adds error monitoring and log management, the Scout CLI is now available via Homebrew, and new public API endpoints and MCP server updates ship this month.
Getting Scout Data Into Your AI Workflow
We've shipped API updates, two MCP server options, and a new CLI — all designed to get Scout's performance data to the AI tools you already use.
Tracking Ecto Queries and HTTP Calls in Scout APM for Elixir
Scout APM's Elixir agent now captures Ecto query commands, row counts, and external HTTP calls via Finch, Req, and Tesla, giving you full visibility into where time goes in your Phoenix app.
This Week in Open Source: March 23, 2026
Rails ships a coordinated security patch fixing 9 CVEs across three branches, Starlette reaches 1.0 after eight years, and Laravel 13.1 lands post-Laracon EU fixes.