Writing better software with observability, on-call devs and rapid software delivery with Charity Majors, honeycomb.io | TLH #15

<p>“Engineers don’t get burned out from shipping too much.<strong> </strong>Slowness and context switching burns them out.” – Charity Majors, CTO at honeycomb.io</p> <p>As humans, when we feel insecure, we freeze. We slow down to reassess.</p> <p>But in software, speed is safety. It’s only when information is fresh in your mind that you can easily squash bugs and fix issues that may be frustrating your users.</p> <p>To enable your developers to act quickly, you need observability. And to learn about observability, you can hardly do better than listening to Charity Majors, our Tech Leaders Hub guest!</p> <p>We covered:</p> <p>– What observability is, how it fits into DevOps, and how to get it right</p> <p>– The importance of on-call developers and short delivery times</p> <p>– Why throwing more people on a problem is one of the worst things you can do</p> <p>– Why you should reward managers who say “no”</p> <p>– Why interviewing engineers is broken—and it’s all Google’s fault</p> <p>– What happens when you add high-performing people to low-performing teams</p> <p>Get more guides, news, and videos from STX Next!</p> <p>Website: <a href="https://stxnext.com/">https://stxnext.com/</a></p> <p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/stx-next-python-experts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/company/stx-next-python-experts</a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/STXNext/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/STXNext/</a></p> <p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StxNext/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/StxNext/</a></p> <p>Behance: <a href="https://www.behance.net/STXNextTeam/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.behance.net/STXNextTeam/</a></p> <p>Dribbble: <a href="https://dribbble.com/STXNext/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://dribbble.com/STXNext/</a></p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stx_next/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/stx_next/</a></p> <p>Youtube:&nbsp;<a href="h