The Honeybadger Developer Blog
Tutorials, product info, and good advice from the Honeybadger crew.
Common Rails idioms that kill database performance
Many of the most common ActiveRecord idioms produce SQL which doesn't scale well as your dataset gets larger. In this article I discuss three of the worst offenders and offer work-arounds.
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By Starr Horne
- Jan 3, 2017
A beginner's guide to exceptions in Ruby
The other day I was searching for an introduction to Ruby exceptions written for beginners - people who know basic Ruby syntax but aren't really sure what an exception is or why it's useful. I couldn't find one, so I decided to have a go at it myself. I hope you find it useful.
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By Starr Horne
- Dec 6, 2016
What Ruby conferences can teach us about leadership
Our recent sponsorship of Rocky Mountain Ruby 2016 showcases the growing diversity of the community - and the emphasis on non-technical content. Here's why it matters for developers looking into leadership positions.
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By Sophia Le
- Nov 21, 2016
New: Improvements on Honeybadger's user interface
Our newest UI change includes a fully responsive site, code snippets, and easier navigation between fault occurrences. Learn more.
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By Starr Horne
- Oct 31, 2016
What seasoned developers should know about learning Elixir
Sometimes it pays to learn new tools to solve problems. Here are three ElixirConf 2016 talks you should check out if you're a seasoned developer, but new to Elixir.
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By Sophia Le
- Oct 25, 2016
How to manage application secrets in EC2
Are you deploying your apps to EC2 and wondering how to store your application secrets? Learn how to use KMS and IAM roles to store your secrets on S3 securely.
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By Benjamin Curtis
- Oct 17, 2016
Introducing: Honeybadger for Python 3
Get the same support for Django as you do for Rails. Honeybadger now officially supports Python 3.
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By Sophia Le
- Oct 11, 2016
Sunsetting performance metrics
On October 10 we’re going to be removing the performance metrics tab from Honeybadger.
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By Starr Horne
- Sep 23, 2016
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