Scout MCP Server: Example Prompts, Use Cases, and What's New
The Scout MCP server connects your AI assistant directly to your Scout Monitoring data. Here's how teams are using it, what prompts work well, and what shipped in June.
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Scout Monitoring Now Supports Node.js: Express, NestJS, Prisma, and More
Scout Monitoring launches Node.js support with Express, NestJS, Prisma N+1 detection, and auto-instrumentation for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis.
Best APM for Small Teams Without Dedicated DevOps in 2026
An honest comparison of the best APM and monitoring tools for small teams (2-20 engineers) without dedicated DevOps or SRE. Covers Scout Monitoring, AppSignal, Honeybadger, Sentry, New Relic, and Datadog.
Best Error Monitoring for Node.js in 2026
Comparing the best error monitoring tools for Node.js in 2026. Covers Express and NestJS error handling with honest reviews of Scout Monitoring, Sentry, Bugsnag, Rollbar, and Datadog.
Best Error Monitoring for Rails in 2026
A Rails-specific comparison of the best error monitoring tools in 2026. Covers Scout Monitoring, Sentry, Honeybadger, AppSignal, New Relic, and Skylight with honest tradeoffs for each.
Best APM for Node.js in 2026
An honest comparison of the best APM tools for Node.js in 2026. Covers Scout Monitoring, Datadog, New Relic, AppSignal, Dynatrace, and PM2 Plus for Express and NestJS teams.
Monitoring NestJS Applications in Production: What Actually Matters
A practical guide to monitoring NestJS applications in production. Covers what to instrument, what to ignore, and how to find the problems that only show up under real traffic.
Detecting N+1 Queries in Prisma and Node.js with Scout
How N+1 queries happen in Prisma, why they are hard to catch in development, and how Scout automatically detects them in production Node.js applications.
May Newsletter
Anomaly detection in beta, bundled pricing, DigitalOcean and AWS Marketplace, MCP server updates, and Node.js agent coming soon. A lot shipped in May.
AcuBliss Uses Claude Code and Scout to Debug N+1s in Minutes
AcuBliss is a booking and scheduling platform built with a lean engineering team. This is how they caught a production slowdown before their users did, and how Scout changed the way they debug.
You Are Building With AI. Who Is Watching What It Ships?
AI makes building faster. It also makes production problems faster. If you ship without monitoring, you are flying blind at 10x speed.
Best APM for Small Development Teams in 2026
A practical comparison of APM tools for small development teams without dedicated DevOps or SRE. Covers Scout, Sentry, Honeybadger, AppSignal, New Relic, and Datadog.