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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 2h

If you haven't taken a look at the Dashboards tab in your Honeybadger project yet, now is a great time to do it. Our new project overview dashboard combined with Insights automatic instrumentation makes it super simple to see your app's health at a glance.

Honeybadger.io @honeybadger.io · 2h

Traditional APM tools bury you in dashboards you'll never use. Meanwhile, the things you actually care about require complex custom instrumentation. That's why we built smart dashboards that adapt to your stack. 🧵 👇

www.honeybadger.io/changelog/pr...

#RubyOnRails #ElixirLang #Laravel #Django

Smart dashboards that adapt to your stack

Traditional APM tools bury you in dashboards you'll never use. Meanwhile, the things you actually care about—such as signups, payment failures, and that one background...

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 1d

Your blog post on ClickHouse was a great read, @tjmiller.bsky.social ... thanks for the love! 😊

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 1d

👍 It’s a bummer we didn’t get some time to chat!

Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 2d

I had a blast at @rmrubyconf.bsky.social and @xoruby.com last week. It was great to see old Ruby friends and make some new ones.

Also, I'm pretty sure that was the first time I've attended two conferences in the same week. :)

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 6d

Insights keeps rolling! Even the Honeybadger loves snakes. ;)

Honeybadger.io @honeybadger.io · 6d

Great news for Pythonistas!

We just launched automatic dashboards for #Django, #Flask, and #Celery. Get instant visibility into your #Python apps.

Try it for free with 50MB/day (1.5GB/month) plus error tracking and uptime monitoring.

Click to learn more: www.honeybadger.io/blog/python-...

Python performance monitoring in Honeybadger

Get automatic Django, Flask, and Celery dashboards in Honeybadger. Zero-instrumentation Python performance monitoring with real-time observability.

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 6d

I immediately thought of www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxHy...

The B-52's - Private Idaho (Official Audio)

YouTube video by RHINO

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 8d

I’ll see you there!

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 10d

🛫 SEA ➡️ DEN … I’m looking forward to Rocky Mountain Ruby!

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 14d

Cool!

Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 16d

Nice! I’m interested in pitching in to help when you get to that point.

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 16d

Or time to contribute code/support/etc.

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 17d

This, exactly. You don’t have to own a repo to not deploy it.

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 19d

Waiting on pins and needles! 😁

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 19d

I have never used params with mailers — I always add arguments to the mailer method. I agree that the params approach is just weird. :)

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 19d

I watched the video, and now I'm very interested :)

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 19d

”it needs to be so damn good that people learn Ruby just to use the framework”

Nailed it. Excellent post!

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 21d

Great write-up! Thanks for putting in the effort!

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 21d

It may not provide any additional validation, but apparently they believe it checks the box for “independently verifying payment information” for compliance program purposes. 😏

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 23d

The tip in this post about git log reminded me of my most frequently-used git alias:

glods='git log --graph --pretty="%Cred%h%Creset -%C(auto)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%ad) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset" --date=short'

Try it... you'll like it! 😉

Honeybadger.io @honeybadger.io · 27d

As developers, we live in #Git, so we'd love to see your go-to Git hacks and tips in the comments. 🧐

Speaking of Git hacks... Stitch Fix engineer Julie Kent outlined her top 10 tips for getting the most out of Git

Level up -> www.honeybadger.io/blog/git-tri...

#GitTips #GitWorkflow

Ten Git tips and tricks you need to know

Git is an infuriatingly useful tool, but you're stuck with it. Learn how to make your workflow faster and less stressful with these 10 helpful Git tips

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · 29d

A blanket. The bed by the window was chilly. And snacks. 🙂

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · Aug 18

I’ve been really digging this approach, too. Cursor makes excellent suggestions when I ask it to help me plan a feature.

Check out buildermethods.com/agent-os if you haven’t already seen it. I haven’t tried it yet, but it’s on my list to try.

Agent OS | A free open-source system to train smart AI coding agents

Agent OS is a free open-source system to train your AI coding agents to build your way, not their way. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, or any other AI coding tool.

buildermethods.com

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · Aug 7

Congratulations! 🎉

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · Aug 7

Using feature flags to grant features to customers as a one-off (when they otherwise wouldn't have that feature because of plan limitations) is so handy. We put a @flippercloud.io check in the has_feature? method of our Account model. A+ would recommend.

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · Aug 4

Swapping out database servers without the clients event noticing makes me happy :)

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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com · Jul 31

36 for me 😉

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