In this episode we speak to Charity Majors, CTO at Honeycomb, an observability tool for distributed systems. We discuss why observability is based around events and not metrics, how developers should think about achieving appropriately observable systems, why Honeycomb implemented their own distributed columnar data store, and how you can delete most of your alerts by implementing service level objectives.About Charity MajorsCharity Majors is an ops engineer and accidental startup founder at honeycomb.io. Prior to this she worked at Parse, Facebook, and Linden Labs. She is the co-author of O'Reilly's Database Reliability Engineering.Other things mentioned:MongoDBPostgresScuba High cardinalityDruidKafkaAWS LambdaZookeeperAppropriate observabilityAkita SoftwareSourcegraphCharity.wftHoneycomb blogLet us know what you think on Twitter:https://twitter.com/consoledotdevhttps://twitter.com/davidmyttonhttps://twitter.com/mipsytipsyOr by email: hello@console.devAbout ConsoleConsole is the place developers go to find the best tools. Our weekly newsletter picks out the most interesting tools and new releases. We keep track of everything - dev tools, devops, cloud, and APIs - so you don’t have to. Sign up for free at: https://console.devRecorded: 2021-11-03.

In this episode we speak to Thomas Ptacek, currently a software engineer at Fly.io and previously a co-founder at security firms Latacora and Matasano Security. We discuss the state of software security in sectors like energy and healthcare,  how software developers should think about supply chain risk, and what they should do about securing their dependencies. We also explore how security threats have changed over the years, and what developers working on open source should do to improve their own security.About Thomas PtacekThomas Ptacek is a leading security researcher. Best known as one of the co-founders of Matasano Security, which was prior to its acquisition by NCC Group one of the largest software security firms in the US. Working in software security since 1995, Thomas was a member of the industry’s first commercial vulnerability research lab - Secure Networks. Thomas is currently a software engineer at Fly.ioOther things mentioned:DjangoNodeJSReactDenoOktaGoogle cloud authenticationTailscaleWireGuardServer-side request forgeryBurp SuiteBlack HatEmacs Tramp ModeMagitLet us know what you think on Twitter:https://twitter.com/consoledotdevhttps://twitter.com/davidmyttonhttps://twitter.com/tqbfOr by email: hello@console.devAbout ConsoleConsole is the place developers go to find the best tools. Our weekly newsletter picks out the most interesting tools and new releases. We keep track of everything - dev tools, devops, cloud, and APIs - so you don’t have to. Sign up for free at: https://console.devRecorded: 2021-10-19.

In this episode we speak with John Graham-Cumming, CTO of Cloudflare, a global web platform built for security and performance. We discuss the philosophy behind the idea that the network is a computer, why developers should be able to ignore the low level details of where their code runs, and the challenges of deploying data centers on Mars.About John Graham-CummingJohn Graham-Cumming is the CTO of Cloudflare and is a computer programmer and author. He studied mathematics and computation at Oxford and stayed for a doctorate in computer security. As a programmer, he has worked in Silicon Valley and New York, the UK, Lisbon, Germany, and France. His open source POPFile program won a Jolt Productivity Award in 2004.He is the author of a travel book for scientists published in 2009 called The Geek Atlas and has written articles for The Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, New Scientist, and other publications.Things mentioned:Apple siliconArmIBMIntelStarlinkDonald KnuteCloudflare WorkersV8GoRustWebAssembly (Wasm)COBOLGreen ComputeCloudflare WranglerJ programming languageRaspberry PiJgc.orgLet us know what you think on Twitter:https://twitter.com/consoledotdevhttps://twitter.com/davidmyttonhttps://twitter.com/jgrahamcOr by email: hello@console.devAbout ConsoleConsole is the place developers go to find the best tools. Our weekly newsletter picks out the most interesting tools and new releases. We keep track of everything - dev tools, devops, cloud, and APIs - so you don’t have to. Sign up for free at: https://console.dev.We are always on the lookout for interesting tools to feature in the newsletter, so please say hello if you're working on something new or have recently used a tool you think we'd like.We only include things that would be of interest to experienced developers and do not accept payment for product inclusion. Read our selection criteria.Recorded: 2021-11-24

Starting with Cloudflare CTO, John Graham-Cumming on 6 Jan 2022, in season 2 of the Console DevTools Podcast we'll be speaking to 11 interesting people currently working in devtools about a specific technical topic. Upcoming guests:Dev infrastructure, with John Graham-Cumming (Cloudflare)Security, with Thomas Ptacek (Fly.io)Observability, with Charity Majors (Honeycomb)Decentralization, with Brooklyn Zelenka (Fission)Devtools investing, with Ed Sim (Boldstart)Homomorphic Encryption, with Rand Hindi (Zama)Dev communities, with Rosie Sherry (Orbit)Web standards & privacy, with Desigan (Dees) Chinniah (Tor / Ex-Mozilla)Designing dev products, with Ellen Chisa (Boldstart)Terminal tools, with Michelle Lim & Zach Lloyd (Warp)Developer experience, with Jean Yang (Akita)Join David for our first episode, on 6th January 2022. In the meantime, subscribe to the Console newsletter for weekly reviews of the best 2-3 devtools.Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/consoledotdevhttps://twitter.com/davidmytton

Episode 10 of the Console DevTools Podcast, a devtools discussion with David Mytton (Co-founder, Console) and Jean Yang (CEO, Akita Software).Tools discussed:Cue - 0pen source data validation language)Leapp (manage cloud access credentials)Find more interesting tools and beta releases for developers at https://console.devOther things mentioned:JSONGoProtocol buffersTypescriptF# ProjectsJulia Programming LanguageAkita SoftwareAWS Identity and Access Management Apache SubversionLet us know what you think on Twitter:https://twitter.com/jeanqasaurhttps://twitter.com/davidmyttonhttps://twitter.com/consoledotdevOr by email: hello@console.devWe are always on the lookout for interesting tools to feature in the newsletter, so please say hello if you're working on something new or have recently used a tool you think we'd like.We only include things that would be of interest to experienced developers and do not accept payment for product inclusion. Read our selection criteria.Recorded: 2021-08-19.

Episode 9 of the Console DevTools Podcast, a devtools discussion with David Mytton (Co-founder, Console) and Jean Yang (CEO, Akita Software).Tools discussed:Tyk - API gatewayDeepsource - automated code reviewsFind more interesting tools and beta releases for developers at https://console.devOther things mentioned:KongApigeenginxGoAkita SoftwareEP5 Console DevTools PodcastEP2 Console DevTools PodcastLet us know what you think on Twitter:https://twitter.com/jeanqasaurhttps://twitter.com/davidmyttonhttps://twitter.com/consoledotdevOr by email: hello@console.devWe are always on the lookout for interesting tools to feature in the newsletter, so please say hello if you're working on something new or have recently used a tool you think we'd like.We only include things that would be of interest to experienced developers and do not accept payment for product inclusion. Read our selection criteria.Recorded: 2021-08-18.

Episode 8 of the Console DevTools Podcast, a devtools discussion with David Mytton (Co-founder, Console) and Jean Yang (CEO, Akita Software).Tools discussed:Fission - decentralized app backend for storage and identity.AskGit - query git repos with SQL.Find more interesting tools and beta releases for developers at https://console.devOther things mentioned:InterPlanetary File SystemWebAssemblyOktaEverybody LiesBogdan VasilescuLet us know what you think on Twitter:https://twitter.com/jeanqasaurhttps://twitter.com/davidmyttonhttps://twitter.com/consoledotdevOr by email: hello@console.devWe are always on the lookout for interesting tools to feature in the newsletter, so please say hello if you're working on something new or have recently used a tool you think we'd like.We only include things that would be of interest to experienced developers and do not accept payment for product inclusion. Read our selection criteria.Recorded: 2021-08-17.

Episode 7 of the Console DevTools Podcast, a devtools discussion with David Mytton (Co-founder, Console) and Jean Yang (CEO, Akita Software).Tools discussed:Sourcegraph - code search engine.Hoppscotch - test UI for API requests.Find more interesting tools and beta releases for developers at https://console.devOther things mentioned:Github.Dropbox.Monorepo.PageRank.Github Copilot.Postman.Console EP2 - GitHub CopilotConsole EP6 - Philosophy of open sourceLet us know what you think on Twitter:https://twitter.com/jeanqasaurhttps://twitter.com/davidmyttonhttps://twitter.com/consoledotdevOr by email: hello@console.devWe are always on the lookout for interesting tools to feature in the newsletter, so please say hello if you're working on something new or have recently used a tool you think we'd like.We only include things that would be of interest to experienced developers and do not accept payment for product inclusion. Read our selection criteria.Recorded: 2021-08-10.

Episode 6 of the Console DevTools Podcast, a devtools discussion with David Mytton (Co-founder, Console) and Jean Yang (CEO, Akita Software).Tools discussed:Appsmith - Open source internal tool UI builderRetool - Internal tool UI builderFind more interesting tools and beta releases for developers at https://console.devOther things mentioned:MongoDBAmazon S3GraphQLStripeReactWhy Aren't There More Programming Languages Startups?Let us know what you think on Twitter:https://twitter.com/jeanqasaurhttps://twitter.com/davidmyttonhttps://twitter.com/consoledotdevOr by email: hello@console.devWe are always on the lookout for interesting tools to feature in the newsletter, so please say hello if you're working on something new or have recently used a tool you think we'd like.We only include things that would be of interest to experienced developers and do not accept payment for product inclusion. Read our selection criteria.Recorded: 2021-08-03.

Episode 5 of the Console DevTools Podcast, a devtools discussion with David Mytton (Co-founder, Console) and Jean Yang (CEO, Akita Software).Tools discussed:Snyk Open Source - Dependency security monitoring.Security Scorecard - Security health metrics.Find more interesting tools and beta releases for developers at https://console.devOther things mentioned:GNU C Library (glibc)DependabotNgnixLinux FoundationLet us know what you think on Twitter:https://twitter.com/jeanqasaurhttps://twitter.com/davidmyttonhttps://twitter.com/consoledotdevOr by email: hello@console.devWe are always on the lookout for interesting tools to feature in the newsletter, so please say hello if you're working on something new or have recently used a tool you think we'd like.We only include things that would be of interest to experienced developers and do not accept payment for product inclusion. Read our selection criteria.Recorded: 2021-07-27.