Developed to remedy the dynamic and fragile nature of web apps, instrumentation tools enable you to measure, track, analyze, and optimize software performance. Learn more about proper python instrumentation here. Read more

In this post, we’ll cover how to configure OpenTelemetry in the front-end JavaScript in order to measure performance of browser and mobile devices and how to configure distributed tracing to work across the front-end and back-end telemetry collection. Read more

Canary Testing is a method that DevOps teams rely on to find defects in the performance of a software application - dive deep into the concept of canary testing in this latest blog. Read more

Distributed Monolith is a system that resembles the microservices architecture but is tightly coupled within itself like a monolithic application. Learn more about distributed monoliths and microservices in this article! Read more

OpenTelemetry is enabling a revolution in how Observability data is collected and transmitted. See our What Is OpenTelemetry post on why this is an important inflection point in the Observability space. In this post, we’ll walk through how to configure the OpenTelemetry Gems within a Rails app. Read more

What is OpenTelemetry and how does it play into the observability marketplace? How does OpenTelemetry work and how will Scout use this project in the future? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this latest blog post by CTO Dave Anderson. Read more

In this post, we look at what gives Docker the edge over other virtualization technologies, their impact on businesses across the world, and why migrating your application to a container setup could be the best thing you could do for it. Read more

If your business is an online one, it's critical to understand your application’s impact on its users. One of the best ways to monitor the behavior of your end users is end-user monitoring. In this article, we discuss how perfect end-user monitoring can help your business in many ways and how you can implement end-user monitoring in your application. Read more

This article walks you through the differences between SOA and Microservices architecture and suggests situations suitable for using either of them. Read more

What is Delegation and how do you properly use it in Ruby? This article will look at how delegation works and the various programming constructs that Ruby provides to facilitate easy and robust delegation. Read more